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What is the meaning of the word "counteract" in this statement from "Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84"?

Others are not necessary to be resigned in order to attain the end for which government is instituted; these therefore ought not to be given up. To surrender them, would counteract the very end of government, to wit, the common good.

Pay for

Bring about

Follow through

Cancel out

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Counteract in this statement relates to the act of canceling out.

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Answer: D) Cancel out.

Explanation: The connotation of a word is the meaning given by the context or even by the readers, based on their emotions or personal experiences, it is the antonym of denotation, which is the literal meaning of a word, the one that we can find in a dictionary. In the given excerpt from "Anti-Federalist Paper No. 84" the meaning (or denotation) of the word "counteract" is "cancel out", because counteract is act against something or someone, in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.

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