denouement

 
Pronunciation: /deɪˈnuːmɒ̃/
(also dénouement)

noun

  • 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
  • the outcome of a situation, when something is decided or made clear: I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement

Origin:

mid 18th century: French dénouement, from dénouer 'unknot'

Spelling help

Denouement can also be spelled dénouement, with an accent on the first e (as in the original French).