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The English language includes an interesting
category of words and phrases called contronyms
(also spelled contranyms , or referred to as
autoantonyms ) — terms that, depending on
context, can have opposite or contradictory
meanings. When you use these words, be sure the
context clearly identifies which meaning is
intended:

1. Apology : A statement of contrition for an
action, or a defense of one
2. Aught : All, or nothing
3. Bill: A payment, or an invoice for payment
4. Bolt: To secure, or to flee
5. Bound: Heading to a destination, or restrained
from movement
6. Buckle : To connect, or to break or collapse
7. Cleave: To adhere, or to separate
8. Clip : To fasten, or detach
9. Consult : To offer advice, or to obtain it
10. Continue : To keep doing an action, or to
suspend an action
11. Custom : A common practice, or a special
treatment
12. Dike: A wall to prevent flooding, or a ditch
13. Discursive: Moving in an orderly fashion
among topics, or proceeding aimlessly in a
discussion
14. Dollop: A large amount (British English), or a
small amount
15. Dust : To add fine particles, or to remove
them
16. Enjoin: To impose, or to prohibit
17. Fast : Quick, or stuck or made stable
18. Fine : Excellent, or acceptable or good enough
19. Finished : Completed, or ended or destroyed
20. First degree : Most severe in the case of a
murder charge, or least severe in reference to a
burn
21. Fix : To repair, or to castrate
22. Flog: To promote persistently, or to criticize
or beat
23. Garnish : To furnish, as with food preparation,
or to take away, as with wages
24. Give out : To provide, or to stop because of a
lack of supply
25. Go : To proceed or succeed, or to weaken or
fail
26. Grade : A degree of slope, or a horizontal line
or position
27. Handicap : An advantage provided to ensure
equality, or a disadvantage that prevents equal
achievement
28. Help: To assist, or to prevent or (in negative
constructions) restrain
29. Hold up: To support, or to impede
30. Lease : To offer property for rent, or to hold
such property
31. Left: Remained, or departed
32. Let : Allowed, or hindered
33. Liege : A feudal lord, or a vassal
34. Literally : Actually, or virtually
35. Mean : Average or stingy, or excellent
36. Model: An exemplar, or a copy
37. Off: Deactivated, or activated, as an alarm
38. Out : Visible, as with stars showing in the sky,
or invisible, in reference to lights
39. Out of : Outside, or inside, as in working out
of a specific office
40. Overlook : To supervise, or to neglect
41. Oversight : Monitoring, or failing to oversee
42. Peer : A person of the nobility, or an equal
43. Presently : Now, or soon
44. Put out : Extinguish, or generate
45. Puzzle : A problem, or to solve one
46. Quantum : Significantly large, or a minuscule
part
47. Quiddity : Essence, or a trifling point of
contention
48. Quite: Rather (as a qualifying modifier), or
completely
49. Ravel : To entangle, or to disentangle
50. Refrain: To desist from doing something, or
to repeat
51. Rent : To purchase use of something, or to
sell use
52. Rock : An immobile mass of stone or
figuratively similar phenomenon, or a shaking or
unsettling movement or action
53. Sanction: To approve, or to boycott
54. Sanguine : Confidently cheerful, or bloodthirsty
55. Scan : To peruse, or to glance
56. Screen : To present, or to conceal
57. Seed: To sow seeds, or to shed or remove
them
58. Shop : To patronize a business in order to
purchase something, or to sell something
59. Skin: To cover, or to remove
60. Skinned: Covered with skin, or with the skin
removed
61. Splice : To join, or to separate
62. Stakeholder : One who has a stake in an
enterprise, or a bystander who holds the stake for
those placing a bet
63. Strike: To hit, or to miss in an attempt to hit
64. Table : To propose (in British English), or to
set aside
65. Temper: To soften, or to strengthen
66. Throw out : To dispose of, or to present for
consideration
67. Transparent : Invisible, or obvious
68. Trim : To decorate, or to remove excess from
69. Trip: A journey, or a stumble
70. Unbending: Rigid, or relaxing
71. Variety: A particular type, or many types
72. Wear : To endure, or to deteriorate
73. Weather : To withstand, or to wear away
74. Wind up : To end, or to start up
75. With: Alongside, or against

Source: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/75-contronyms-words-with-contradictory-meanings/

A Bu.ha.ri : The Nigerian messiah (zombies) or The Nigerian slave master (wailers)

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briyane:
A Bu.ha.ri : The Nigerian messiah (zombies) or The Nigerian slave master (wailers)

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Op.thank u .am really amazed cos this is my first time hearing about it.. Cool I must say