What is a contronym?
Single words that have two contradictory meanings:
- Apology: a statement of contrition for an action, or a defence of one
- Bolt: to secure or to flee.
- Bound: heading for a destination, or restrained from movement
- Cleave: to adhere, or to separate
- Dust: to add fine particles, or to remove them
- Fast: quick, or stuck or made stable
- Left: remained, or departed
- Peer: a person of nobility, or an equal
- Sanction: to approve, or to boycott
- Weather: to withstand, or to wear away
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