extricate
verb
[ ˈɛkstrɪkeɪt ]
• free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.
• "he was trying to extricate himself from official duties"
Similar:
extract,
free,
release,
disentangle,
get out,
remove,
withdraw,
let loose,
loosen,
unloose,
detach,
disengage,
disencumber,
untwine,
disentwine,
unfasten,
unclasp,
disconnect,
liberate,
rescue,
save,
deliver,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘unravel, untangle’): from Latin extricat- ‘unravelled’, from the verb extricare, from ex- ‘out’ + tricae ‘perplexities’.
