To separate or extract from a confused, tangled, or complicated situation; to extricate or disentangle from turmoil.
From 'dis-' (reverse, out) combined with 'embroil,' which comes from French 'embrouiller' (to confuse), from 'em-' + 'brouille' (confusion). The prefix adds the sense of reversal or extraction.
Shakespeare used 'disembroil' in political contexts—when characters needed to escape court intrigues and factional struggles. It's the perfect word for unraveling conspiracy.
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