Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Untwist

Untwist , transitive verb

[1st pref. un- + twist.]

1.
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist. — Wallis
2.
To untie; to open; to disentangle. — Milton