Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Semantic Reversals Message-ID: <195@rtech.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 11:20:03 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.195 Posted: Fri Mar 1 11:20:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 03:07:28 EST References: <101@mot.UUCP> <1775@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <22059@arizona.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Berkeley CA Lines: 13 > My pet reversal is "sanction". > > (1) Formal approval. > (2) A penalty to force conformity. > > -- > Gary Levin / Dept of CS / U of AZ / Tucson, AZ 85721 / (602) 621-4231 I think the original meaning of "sanction" was "a formal ruling". The context determined whether the ruling was for or against something. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak