-gəlmənt noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the action or an instance of physically entangling : the state of being entangled or snarled
walnut legs … placed so far under the table that any entanglement with the diners' legs is … avoided — New Yorker
such waste often causes entanglements and the breaking of whole batches of threads — J.J.Sussmuth
b. : something that entangles physically ; specifically : an obstacle consisting of specially constructed barbed-wire fences for impeding the advance of foot troops
c. : something that is closely interwoven or tangled
there stand the trees … their leafy entanglements thickly loaded — F.R.Leavis
2.
a. : the condition or an instance of being deeply involved or closely linked usually in an embarrassing or compromising way
his boy's entanglement with … the child of a gypsy mother — Edith Sitwell
a well-known entanglement with shady elements seriously injured his chances of reelection
mistrust of foreign entanglements
b.
(1) : something that involves or preoccupies : commitment , care
lamented that the exigencies and entanglements of business prevented him from giving exclusive attention to chemical research — C.A.Browne
to Paris she would return whenever she could free herself from the entanglements of the village — L.C.Powys
(2) : something that confuses, complicates, or ensnares : allure , complication , complexity , confusion
contriving many entanglements to catch the souls of poor sinners
a plot full of entanglements
I cannot look upon the circumstances of this country, without being persuaded that I discern in them an entanglement … never met with in the history of any other — William Cowper