taint

/teɪnt/

noun

1
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
2
A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
3
Tincture; hue; colour
4
Infection; corruption; deprivation
5
A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

1
To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
2
To spoil (food) by contamination.
3
To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
4
To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
“Meat soon taints in warm weather.”
5
To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
6
To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

1
A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
2
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.

1
To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
2
To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
3
To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

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