denouement

the denouement of the plot of a play

The denouement of the movie revealed the true identity of the villain.

The denouement of the play left the audience in awe.

The denouement of the mystery novel was unexpected.

The denouement of the investigation finally solved the case.

The denouement of the story tied up all loose ends.

The denouement of the competition determined the winner.

The denouement of the conflict brought peace to the land.

The denouement of the relationship was both heartbreaking and liberating.

The denouement of the negotiation led to a mutually beneficial agreement.

The denouement of the trial revealed the defendant's innocence.

It was a horrific denouement to the wildest con ever pulled.

So builds the dreadful climax and dark denouement of this brilliant narrative.

The book chugs along this way until the end, when Mr McEwan delivers an unwieldy denouement and some unearned sadness.

Mm-hmm. He's a master of denouement. I'll lend it to you.

The tragic denouement shows Goethe beginning to see the limitations of the romantic view of life.

Most of the players find some sort of redemption in the happy denouement; the family reunions described in a late scene are moving.

He was not sorry for the denouement of his visit: he only wished it had come sooner, and spared him a certain waste of emotion.

And that's followed by the final dramatic element --- the denouement or the resolution, when all the loose ends have to be tied up in a logical way.

Her story was as full of desperation and despair as her limited acquaintance with those uncomfortable emotions enabled her to make it, and having located it in Lisbon, she wound up with an earthquake, as a striking and appropriate denouement.