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1. Not tangled
   "Some knots can be untangled, while others can't"

1. Release from entanglement of difficulty
   "I cannot untangle myself from this task"
   - extricate, disentangle, disencumber
    
2. Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
   "untangle the thread"
   - unravel, unknot, unscramble, unpick

See also: disentangled, loosened, unsnarled, untangling

Type of: disengage, free, undo

Antonym: tangled

Encyclopedia: Untangle