Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

OSTRACISE

Befriend

The most appropriate antonym of the word ostracize is befriend.

• Ostracism means "the act of excluding someone from a group or community."
• Befriend means "to become friends with someone."

The other words do not have the same meaning as befriend.

• Quiet means "not noisy or active."
• Agitated means "in a state of nervous excitement or disturbance."
• Misunderstand means "to interpret something incorrectly."