Involvement (12)
I believe the answer is:
entanglement
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">involvement</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for entanglement that I've seen before include "Ill-advised liaison" , "Imbroglio" , "A complication" , "Confused state; perplexity" .)