The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.

synonyms: disentanglement, unsnarling, untangling.

Roget 301: extraction; extracting etc. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution.    evulsion^†, avulsion^†; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection etc. 297; export etc. (egress) 295.    extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.    ... show more

Roget 672: deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve, reprieval^†; respite; liberation etc. 750; emancipation; redemption, salvation; riddance; gaol delivery; redeemableness^†.    ... show more

Roget 750: liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment^†, disenthralment^†; affranchisement^†, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal.    deliverance etc. 672; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal etc. 970; escape etc. 671.    ... show more