dénoûment

A form of dénouement — The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.

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Meanings

noundénoûment (plural dénoûments)

plural dénoûments

  1. archaicArchaic form of dénouement.

    Instead of a dénoûment consisting in the establishment of a common-school system in Acadian Louisiana, we have a double wedding;[…]

    1888 June, “Recent American Fiction”, in The Atlantic
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APA

dénoûment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9no%C3%BBment

MLA

“dénoûment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9no%C3%BBment. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dénoûment,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9no%C3%BBment.

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