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denouement

denouement is the alternative spelling of dénouement.

Meaning of dénouement

Noun

dénouement (countable and uncountable, plural dénouements)

  1. The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.
    • Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 271

Forms of denouement

pluraldenouements

Questions about denouement

What is denouement the alternative spelling of?
Denouement is the alternative spelling of dénouement.

Words near denouement in the dictionary

  1. denotifies
  2. denotify
  3. denotifying
  4. denoting
  5. denotive
  6. denouement
  7. denouements
  8. denounc't
  9. denounce
  10. denounceable
  11. denounced

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