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Untangling

noun

The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition. Synonyms: disentanglement, extrication, unsnarling.

Untangle

verb

Release from entanglement of difficulty. Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, extricate.

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble. Antonyms: knot, ravel.

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"Untangling" Quotes from Famous Books

... warped by the false reasonings and interpretations fed to him in childhood, seemed clearly revealed to Cal. Again a change in concept of relationship to reality, the schematic of forces visualized, the untangling, straightening ...

— Eight Keys to Eden • Mark Irvin Clifton

... engaged untangling his fishing line, while Tony went ashore to hunt for grubs in old logs; and Phil employed himself otherwise. From time to time the chums exchanged a few words, with Phil taking Larry to task for persisting in calling his jointed ...

— Chums in Dixie - or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat • St. George Rathborne