Word of the Day! Jan 10, 2018 - Denoument

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Word of the Day! Jan 10, 2018 - Denoument#

From Dictionary.com...

Denouement

[dey-noo-mahn]
noun

  1. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.
  2. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.

QUOTES

Both the irrational-Nixon and the rational-Nixon theories lead to the same denouement: "My fellow Americans ... farewell."
-- Richard Reeves, "Nixon in the Twilight Zone," New York, November 5, 1973

ORIGIN

Denouement is from the French word meaning literally “an untying,” equivalent to dénouer “to untie.” It ultimately derives from Latin nōdāre, derivative of nōdus “knot.” It entered English in the mid-1700s.

From Google...

de·noue·ment

ˌdāno͞oˈmäN

noun: denouement;
plural noun: denouements;
en francais...
noun: dénouement; plural noun: dénouements

the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

synonyms:

finale, final scene, epilogue, coda, end, ending, finish, close;

antonyms:

beginning
the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.
"I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement"

more synonyms: outcome, upshot, consequence, result, end;

"the debate had an unexpected denouement"

Origin
mid 18th century: French dénouement, from dénouer ‘unknot.’

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