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EXTRICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition
Synonyms:
disentanglement; extrication; unsnarling; untangling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extrication" is a kind of...):
freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)
Derivation:
extricate (release from entanglement of difficulty)