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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Opposite meanings #10323 11/15/2000 1:38 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Lucy newbie Lucy newbie Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia I wonder if there are many words that have quite opposite meanings? The noun 'sanction' (loosely) means a permission and a penalty; as a verb it means both 'to authorise' and 'to penalise'. I wonder whether this is rare - for the moment I can't think of any others, but I daresay that there are many examples. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Opposite meanings #10324 11/15/2000 2:05 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Welcom Lucy, nice to see a new person on board. This topic has been discussed several times, and at great length, in the past so you may not get many responses. If you click on the address below it will lead you to what I think is the first time it was brought up (you'll see that one of the responses is quite similar to your question). http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=443&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post443 I know it may seem a little daunting, considering the quantity, but it can be interesting to go through a few of the back threads just to see what was going on. Or don't. The most important part you have to remember...have fun! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,304 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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