📖 Definitions of "Attaint"
noun
- 1
A blow or strike, especially in jousting.
- 2
A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow
- 3
The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict
verb
- 1
To subject to attainder; to condemn (someone) to death and extinction of all civil rights.
- 2
To subject to calumny; to accuse of a crime or dishonour.
- 3
To taint; to corrupt, sully.
adjective
- 1
Convicted, attainted.
- 2
Attainted; corrupted.
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