Word of the Day: Denouement

Phonetic: /de· noue· ment/
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition

the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a novel, play, film, etc.
In the novel’s denouement, the two hostages escape to freedom.

It is an intentionally unsettling denouement, which is in keeping with the tone and purpose of the entire miniseries.
—David Wiegand

the outcome of a complex sequence of events
the competition’s exciting denouement