Disentanglements

Disentanglements refer to the act or process of freeing something from a tangled or complicated state; a resolution or clarification of a confused or confusing situation. This often involves separating intertwined elements, clarifying ambiguous relationships, or removing oneself from a problematic involvement. It implies untangling complexities, unravelling knots, and bringing order to chaos, whether literal or metaphorical. The outcome of a disentanglement is usually a state of clarity, freedom, and a simplified understanding of the situation. It suggests a shedding of previous complications and a new beginning or renewed focus on the situation at hand. It’s a process, or the result of a process of separating, clarifying, or releasing things from being tangled, complicated, or intertwined, or, as a result of a process of severing an involvement in something.

Disentanglements meaning with examples

• The legal team spent months navigating the complex web of the company's financial records, working through the arduous disentanglements required to prove the alleged fraud. Eventually, their hard work bore fruit, with the financial accounts of the company disentangled, showing clearly the misuse of company funds that was uncovered.
• After years of contentious negotiations, the two nations finally reached an agreement to begin the long process of border disentanglements, with the removal of military personnel in agreed areas and the opening of land for commercial exchange, a great success from an international perspective.
• Therapists often guide couples through the emotional disentanglements of separation, helping them to navigate complex feelings, sort out financial obligations, and establish independent lives. These disentanglements can be hard work to do, but result in a far less stressful future for both parties, as well as the children involved.
• The archaeologist's painstaking work involved the delicate disentanglements of layers of history, carefully separating artifacts to understand the progression of the ancient civilization. They could then piece together the order and timeline of the civilization that had been hidden for centuries.