Definition of "disentanglement" [dis•en•tan•gle•ment]

• Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion. (noun)

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• "After two prior unsuccessful attempts to escape (1990 and 1993), her third attempt in 1998 led to final disentanglement from the group, but resulted in ex-communication from her friends and divorce from her husband of 20 years."
• "The "disentanglement" itself, he said, could be quite revealing."
• "It is sometimes called the process of "disentanglement," to use a rather awkward sounding word much favoured by Mr. Ian Macdonald, your past president and my former deputy minister."