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OP these have come up here several times (AHD4 gives sanction and cleave as examples). A couple of word guys have proposed neologisms to stand for the concept: contranym (Richard Lederer) and antagonym (Charles Ellis).
so, a poll:PHP:O antagonym O contranym O enantiodrome
-joe (guess which one I like?!) friday
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