disentangling

Definitions

The act of freeing something from a tangle or knot.

The process of separating or resolving complex, confused, or interconnected elements.

Examples

The detective spent hours disentangling the complex web of lies told by the suspects.

She found that disentangling the knotted yarn was a meditative and calming process.

The mediator focused on disentangling the conflicting interests of the two parties to reach a fair agreement.

Synonyms

unraveling untangling extricating simplifying clearing resolving separating

Antonyms

entangling complicating snarling knotting muddling confusing intertwining