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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISENTANGLE, v.t. [dis and entangle.]
1. To unravel; to unfold; to untwist; to loose, separate or disconnect things which are interwove, or united without order; as, to disentangle net-work; to disentangle a skain of yarn.
2. To free; to extricate from perplexity; to disengage from complicated concerns; to set free from impediments or difficulties; as, to disentangle ones self from business, from political affairs, or from the cares and temptations of life.
3. To disengage; to separate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
2: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" [syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out] [ant: entangle, mat, snarl, tangle]
3: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" [syn: disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle]
4: separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
5: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out, disentangle]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1598 transitive verb to free from entanglement ; unravel intransitive verb to become disentangled Synonyms: see extricate • disentanglement noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. a unravel, untwist. b free from complications; extricate (disentangled her from the difficulty). 2 intr. become disentangled. Derivatives: disentanglement n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disentangle Dis`en*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disentangles, disentangling, disentangled) 1. If you disentangle a complicated or confused situation, you make it easier to understand or manage to understand it, by clearly recognizing each separate element. In this new book, Harrison brilliantly disentangles complex debates... It's impossible to disentangle the myth from reality. VERB: V n, V n from n 2. If you disentangle something or someone from an undesirable thing or situation, you separate it from that thing or remove it from that situation. They are looking at ways to disentangle him from this major policy decision... = extricate VERB: V n from n 3. If you disentangle something, you separate it from things that are twisted around it, or things that it is twisted or knotted around. She clawed at the bushes to disentangle herself... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Unravel, untwist, unfold, loosen, separate, straighten out. 2. Extricate, disengage, disembroil, liberate, clear, loose, unloose, disconnect, detach, free, set free.

Moby Thesaurus

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