Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

EXCULPATE :

  1. Attribute guilt

  2. Avoid responsibility

  3. Establish facts

  4. Control hostilities

  5. Show anxiety
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Exculpate means to free someone from blame or guilt, to declare them not responsible. The opposite action would be to assign or attribute guilt to someone. "Attribute guilt" reverses the meaning completely.

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