Main Entry:

de·noue·ment

Variant(s):

also dé·noue·ment \ˌdā-ˌnü-ˈmäⁿ, dā-ˈnü-ˌ\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French dénouement, literally, untying, from Middle French desnouement, from desnouer to untie, from Old French desnoer, from des- de- + noer to tie, from Latin nodare, from nodus knot — more at node

Date:

1705

1 : the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work 2 : the outcome of a complex sequence of events