DISEMBROIL
disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle
(verb) free from involvement or entanglement; “How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disembroil (third-person singular simple present disembroils, present participle disembroiling, simple past and past participle disembroiled)
To free or extricate from confusion
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embroil.]
Definition: To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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