Janus Words +(contronyms or words which have definitions that are self-antonyms; that is, which have two meanings that are the opposites of each other)alight (Janus word)
To settle onto and to dismount from.
can (Janus word)
To preserve (~ the peaches) and to discard or fire (~ the worker).
cleave (Janus word)
To join (as in, "to cleave unto") plus to separate or to divide.
clip (Janus word)
1. To attach (as in, "to clip to") plus to separate, snip, or cut.
2. To partition (~ the paper) and to join (~ the papers). cork (Janus word)
To take out and to insert a cork from a bottle.
cull (Janus word)
To select plus to reject.
dust (Janus word)
To remove from (~ the table) and to add to (~ the cake).
enjoin (Janus word)
To direct and to forbid.
fix (Janus word)
A solution and a problem (also "fixed").
inoculate (Janus word)
To protect against and to infect with.
oversight (Janus word)
A kind of error, and a kind of prevention from error.
protest (Janus word)
To object and to affirm (also, "protestations").
ravel (Janus word)
To entangle and to disentangle (as does "unravel").
sanction (Janus word)
To allow plus to prohibit or to punish.
screen (Janus word)
To display (~ a movie) and to hide (~ his view).
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