denouement
noun
[ deɪˈnuːmɒ̃ ]
• the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
• "the film's denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous"
Similar:
finale,
final scene,
final act,
last act,
epilogue,
coda,
end,
ending,
finish,
close,
culmination,
climax,
conclusion,
resolution,
solution,
clarification,
unravelling,
wind-up,
Origin:
mid 18th century: French dénouement, from dénouer ‘unknot’.
