disembarrass

extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation.

• • extricated himself from financial difficulties

disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things.

• • disentangling fact from fiction
• • untangle a web of deceit

disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down.

• • an article disencumbered of jargon

disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders.

• • disembarrassed herself of her advisers