untanglement
Sorting out snarls
Untanglement is the act or process of freeing something from a tangled state.
The word applies literally to physical snarls—the untanglement of fishing line took twenty minutes—and figuratively to complicated situations: the slow untanglement of their finances after divorce.
Less common than its verb form untangle.
Removing a tangle
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- combingArranging strands with teeth
- straighteningMaking something not crooked
- separatingDividing into parts
loosening · unwinding · untwisting · unsnarling · smoothing · untying · freeing · working loose
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- extricationAct of freeing
- disentanglementSeparation from complexity
- unbindingAct of freeing
loosening · unchaining · unfettering · unshackling · escape · deliverance · breaking free · disengagement
Process of coming undone
- decipheringInterpreting coded information
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
understanding · insight · illumination · lucidity · explanation · interpretation · explication · discernment
Arranging into sequence
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
- conclusionEnd or deduction
closure · mediation · negotiation · compromise · working out · clearing up · resolving · finalization
Relieving oneself of weight
- easeLack of strain
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- decompressionReduction of pressure
- releaseTo let go
respite · relaxation · soothing · alleviation · comfort · peace · calmness · breathing room
unknotting
Removing a tangle
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- combingArranging strands with teeth
- straighteningMaking something not crooked
separating · loosening · unwinding · untwisting · unsnarling · smoothing · untying · freeing · working loose · picking apart
freedom
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- extricationAct of freeing
- disentanglementSeparation from complexity
unbinding · loosening · unchaining · unfettering · unshackling · escape · deliverance · breaking free · disengagement · detachment
unraveling
Process of coming undone
- decipheringInterpreting coded information
- elucidationAct of explaining clearly
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
comprehension · understanding · insight · illumination · lucidity · explanation · interpretation · explication · discernment · perspicuity
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- solutionAnswer or liquid mixture
conclusion · closure · mediation · negotiation · compromise · working out · clearing up · resolving · finalization · smoothing over
unburdening
Relieving oneself of weight
- easeLack of strain
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- decompressionReduction of pressure
release · respite · relaxation · soothing · alleviation · comfort · peace · calmness · breathing room · clearing
untanglementtangling
Intertwining into disorder
knotting · entanglement · snarling · complication · matting
untanglementcomplication
Factor that adds difficulty
entanglement · embroilment · enmeshment · obfuscation · convolution
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