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Noun: epilogue  'e-pu,lóg [N. Amer], 'e-pi,lóg [Brit]
  1. A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
    - epilog [US]
     
  2. A short passage added at the end of a literary work
    "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters";
    - epilog [US]

Derived forms: epilogues

Type of: close, closing, conclusion, end, ending

Part of: piece of writing, writing, written material

Encyclopedia: Epilogue