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attaint

noun as in stain

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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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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to attaint, such as: blemish, blot, disgrace, dishonor, shame, and spot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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