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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: D'enouement \D['e]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d['e]nouement, fr d['e]nouer to untie; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.] 1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance. 2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: denouement n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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