Usually means: Resolution following the climax decreases.
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  1. falling action: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. falling action: Wiktionary
  3. falling action: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. falling action: Dictionary.com
  5. Falling action: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. falling action: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. falling action: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (falling action)

noun:  (literature, drama) The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but before the denouement (or resolution).

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