Meanings
plural disentanglements
- countableuncountableRemoval of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
With most women his manner was a mixture of taciturnity and passion. The lengthy approaches to a seduction bored him almost as much as the subsequent mess of disentanglement. He found something grisly in the inevitability of the pattern of each affair.
1953, Ian Fleming, “The Hastening Saloon”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 157
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Middle Englishentanglen
- Englishentangle
- Englishentanglement
- Englishdisentanglement
From dis- + entanglement.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Entwirrung, Entflechtung
- Entwirrungremoval of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion
- Entflechtungremoval of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion
- Befreiungremoval of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion
Spanish desenredo
- desenredoremoval of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion
Cite this entry
disentanglement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disentanglement
“disentanglement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disentanglement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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