Contronyms

[schnee]

Today I learned that words that have different, opposite meanings are called contronyms (thanks Merriam-Webster). The example that MW give is sanction; other examples, from Wikipedia, include to clip (which can indicate both removal and fastening) and oversight. (Wikipedia actually lists a bunch more, several of which I find questionable, or even

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[thewayne]

I really hate the word inflammable! I prefer to use combustible and non-combustible to disambiguate the situation.

[schnee]

So long as you don't use incombustible …