Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage
      from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to
      disembroil; to set free; to separate.

            To disentangle truth from error.      --Stewart.

            To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this
            labyrinth.                            --Clarendon.

            A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal
            mixtures.                             --Bp.
                                                  Stillingfleet.

   Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear;
        evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Source : WordNet®

disentangle
     v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate
          myself from this task" [syn: {extricate}, {untangle}, {disencumber}]
     2: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
        [syn: {unsnarl}, {straighten out}] [ant: {entangle}, {entangle}]
     3: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I
        disentangle myself from her personal affiars?" [syn: {disinvolve},
         {disembroil}]
     4: separate the tangles of [syn: {unwind}]
     5: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair
        before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: {comb}, {comb out}]