'Sanctions' when used to mean:
4a. A law or decree. b. The penalty for noncompliance specified in a law or decree.
5. A penalty, specified or in the form of moral pressure, that acts to ensure compliance or conformity.
6. A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law ,
is however restricted in its usage isn't it, to only the macrocosm of polito-economic contexts. If this is right, tsuwm, would a word that has a contrary meaning in a restricted context, also be elgible for contranym status?