Verb: untangle ,ún'tang-gul
- Free from a complicated or confusing situation
"I cannot untangle myself from this task";
- extricate, disentangle, disencumber [archaic], disinvolve [rare], disembroil [archaic]
- Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
"untangle the thread";
- unravel, unknot, unscramble, unpick
Derived forms: untangled, untangles, untangling