attaint

Plural: attaints

Verb

Verb Forms: attainted, attainting, attaints

• To disgrace, stain, or sully someone's honor.
• bring shame or dishonor upon
• condemn by attainder
  • "the man was attainted"
• To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
• To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
• To taint; to corrupt, sully.

Adj

• Convicted, attainted.
• Attainted; corrupted.

Noun

• A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
• A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow.
• The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict.

Examples

• Losing the game by a challenge will attaint his reputation as a word-master.

Synonyms

disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame

Antonyms

honor

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