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attaint

[ uh-teynt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
  2. to disgrace.
  3. Archaic. to accuse.
  4. Obsolete. to prove the guilt of.

noun

  1. Obsolete. a stain; disgrace; taint.

attaint

/ əˈteɪnt /

verb

  1. to pass judgment of death or outlawry upon (a person); condemn by bill of attainder
  2. to dishonour or disgrace
  3. to accuse or prove to be guilty
  4. (of sickness) to affect or strike (somebody)

noun

  1. See attainder
    a less common word for attainder
  2. a dishonour; taint

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Other Words From

  • unat·tainted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of attaint1

1250–1300; Middle English ataynte, derivative of ataynt convicted < Anglo-French, Old French, past participle of ataindre to convict, attain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of attaint1

C14: from Old French ateint convicted, from ateindre to attain

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Example Sentences

Now Parliament was called on by the king himself to attaint his ministers and his Queens.

Others of his following failed not in the "attaint," and horses and troopers floundered in the sand.

It is proposed to attaint men for religion, and also for birth.

Hereditaryship is, in this sense, as much an attaint upon principle, as an outrage upon society.

It is an attaint upon character; a sort of privateering on family property.

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