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1. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
   - unsnarling, disentanglement, extrication

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

Type of: disengage, free, freeing, liberation, release, undo

Encyclopedia: Untangle