Words Like ATTAINT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ATTAINT.

12 Alternative Words Similar to attaint

1 Dishonor Verb      Synonym Words Like Dishonor
2 Disgrace Verb      Synonym Words Like Disgrace
3 Dishonour Verb      Synonym Words Like Dishonour
4 Shame Verb      Synonym Words Like Shame
5 Honor Verb      Antonym Words Like Honor
6 Attainted Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Attainted
7 Attainting Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Attainting
8 Attain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Attain
9 Hit Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Hit
10 Convict Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Convict
11 Accuse Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Accuse
12 Stain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Stain

10 definitions of attaint

1 To attain; to get act; to hit.
2 To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
3 To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder.
4 To accuse; to charge with a crime or a dishonorable act.
5 To affect or infect, as with physical or mental disease or with moral contagion; to taint or corrupt.
6 To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
7 Attainted; corrupted.
8 A touch or hit.
9 A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching.
10 A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried.
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