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Choose the word that is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in capitals.

REPRESS

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Repress means to hold something back by force. Its opposite must mean to set that thing free.
Updated On: Jul 13, 2026
  • Inhibit
  • Liberate
  • Curb
  • Quell
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Think of REPRESS as tying a rope around something to keep it from moving, whether that something is a feeling, a crowd, or an urge. The opposite word must describe cutting that rope so the thing can move freely again.

  1. Inhibit: This still describes tying the rope tighter, holding the thing back rather than cutting it loose.
  2. Liberate: This word describes cutting the rope entirely, letting whatever was tied down move and act freely. It is the clean reverse of tying something down.
  3. Curb: This word describes shortening the rope so the thing can move only a little, still under control rather than free.
  4. Quell: This word describes pulling the rope even tighter until the thing stops moving altogether, which matches repress rather than reversing it.

Only liberate cuts the rope completely, moving from held down by force to free to move, which is the true opposite of repress.

Let's summarize:

  • Repress is like tying something down by force.
  • Inhibit, Curb, and Quell all keep some version of that rope in place.
  • Liberate cuts the rope and sets things free, the correct opposite.

So the correct opposite of repress is option (2), Liberate.

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