The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disentangle \dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]
1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of
being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced;
to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as,
to disentangle a skein of yarn.
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2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage
from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to
disembroil; to set free; to separate.
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To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart.
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To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this
labyrinth. --Clarendon.
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A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
mixtures. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear;
evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
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