denouement

The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which matters are explained or resolved; the outcome of a complex sequence of events.

• (no common derivatives)

• dramatic denouement
• surprising denouement
• reach a denouement
• the denouement of the crisis

1. 1.The film's denouement reveals that the narrator was unreliable all along. (final resolution)
2. 2.After months of negotiations, the denouement came swiftly — both sides signed within an hour. (final outcome)

• resolution/ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/— solving or concluding
• conclusion/kənˈkluːʒən/— the end
• climax/ˈklaɪmæks/— the most intense point — denouement comes after the climax

from French "dénouer" (to untie) — dé- (un-) + nouer (to tie, from Latin "nodus" = knot) — untying the knot of the plot