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1. Straightened out
   "The metaphor for the modern world is that of a disentangled bank"
   - loosened, unsnarled

1. Release from entanglement of difficulty
   "I cannot disentangle myself from this task"
   - extricate, untangle, disencumber
    
2. Extricate from entanglement
   "Can you disentangle the cord?"
   - unsnarl, straighten out
    
3. Free from involvement or entanglement
   "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"
   - disinvolve, disembroil
    
4. Separate the tangles of
   - unwind
    
5. Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
   "disentangle your hair before dinner"
   - comb, comb out

See also: disentanglement, untangled

Type of: discharge, disengage, free, groom, neaten, order, undo

Antonym: entangle