disentangle

Meanings

Verb

• release from entanglement of difficulty
• extricate from entanglement
  • "Can you disentangle the cord?"
• free from involvement or entanglement
  • "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"
• separate the tangles of
• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Synonyms

comb, comb out, disembroil, disencumber, disinvolve, extricate, straighten out, unsnarl, untangle, unwind