ENTWISTING Antonyms

• the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition

• release from entanglement of difficulty

• extricate from entanglement

• free from involvement or entanglement

• separate the tangles of

• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• straighten up or out; make straight

• make straight

• get up from a sitting or slouching position

• put (things or places) in order

• straighten by unrolling

• make straight or straighter

• unwind or untwist

• To separate the threads (of); disentangle.

• (of threads, etc.) To become separated; (of something woven, knitted, etc.) to come apart.

• To clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve.

• To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.

• To become undone; to collapse.

• To untwist the strands of (something entwined).

• To free (one thing that is entwined with another), disentangle, extricate.

• To become untwisted or disentangled.

• cause to become untwisted

• reverse the winding or twisting of

• separate the tangles of

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• cause to feel relaxed