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marriage, commingling This sentence begins with the signal “While,” before describing religions that “insist on the primacy of their particular deity.” “Syncretism” is then introduced as relating in some way to “multiple religious beliefs.” Because of the opening signal, you know syncretism should be in favor of multiple religious beliefs. The fill-in is something like inclusion or mixture. Division and schism, which often refer to a division within something like a religious organization, are an incorrect pair. Exclusion (deliberate act of omission) and transgression (act that violates a rule or duty; an offense) have no relationship.