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)


secrete (Janus word)
1. To produce and to discharge a secretion.
2. To separate from the blood, a living organism, or a gland.
3. To conceal somebody or something and to give off.
stem (Janus word)
To start or to originate and to stop or to restrain.
trim (Janus word)
To remove from (~ the tree) and to add to (~ the Christmas tree).

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