Correct Answer & Explanation
Option B
The word 'exempt' means free from an obligation or liability imposed on others. Among the given options:
• 'Release' means to allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free. In the context of obligations, it means to free from. This is a suitable synonym.
• 'Obligate' means to bind or compel (someone) to do something, especially legally or morally.
• 'Include' means to comprise or contain as part of a whole.
• 'Require' means to need for a particular purpose; to order (someone) to do something.
Therefore, 'Release' is the most appropriate synonym for 'exempt'.