Final point in the plot of a comedy when everything is solved, misunderstandings are sorted out and made clear to the reader of a story or the audience of a play. It is the 'unravelling' or 'untying' of the 'knot' of the action, the resolution of the conflict.
the solution, clarification, and/or unraveling of the plot of a play.
the outcome of a plot; the resolution or final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work. The dénouement reveals the answers to secrets/misunderstandings in the plot and comes after the climax.