unravelment

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And yet, desperately as Stingaree sought unravelment, he was at the same time subconsciously as deep in a study of a face so unfamiliar that at first he had scarcely known it for his own.

From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

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

At the present time, I feel too meek to attempt any unravelment, and too haughty to offer any apology other than that such is life.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

Now every act, every scene, should have, subordinately, its exposition, its plot, and its unravelment, just as the total of the piece has, of which they are the parts.

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

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 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm