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unravelment

  • a word derived from unravel.
    unravel
    verb (used with object)
    to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).

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I have been referring in my previous remarks, for the most part, to unravelment of the normal individual's life history.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

Ferdinand allowed him to attend this festival, which turned out merely the unravelment of the plot which had been formed at the time when Almagro began his march for Chili.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

How, too, she had tried to impart that element of hope to her uncle, only to be told that their entanglement was even beyond Helston Varne’s powers of unravelment.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford

Don't be afraid, Andrew, that I am going to turn amateur detective and make the unravelment of this case all the more difficult for Scotland Yard.

From The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Now the very last thing that Wagner does is to sweat blood over the plot; and on this and the unravelment he certainly spends the smallest possible amount of energy.

From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche