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disentanglement en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Middle English entanglen English entangle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entanglement English disentanglement From dis- + entanglement.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Removal 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:

Forms

Translations (4)

de Entflechtung (removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion) · es desenredo (removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion) · de Entwirrung (removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion) · de Befreiung (removal of, or extrication from, twists, tangles, complications or confusion)