Disentangle, 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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists disentangle only as an antonym, under involve.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.