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cyounkins
10 days ago
Gotta love the word 'sanction'. It is it's own antonym! "The committee sanctioned the new policy." (approved it) "The committee sanctioned the rogue nation." (penalized it)
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lmm
10 days ago
There are many autoantonyms in traditional English, e.g. cleave.
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