Synonyms for attaint

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-teynt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈteɪnt

Top 10 synonyms for attaint

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Définition of attaint

noun stain

Example sentences :

Hither he came, when attaint was lifted, late in those tottering years.
Extract from : « The Spell of Scotland » by Keith Clark

It is proposed to attaint men for religion, and also for birth.
Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner

Since all of the victims were dead, the attaint affected only their property.
Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker

Attaint, a writ at common law against a jury for a false verdict, finally abolished in England in 1825.
Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 » by Various

Now Parliament was called on by the king himself to attaint his ministers and his Queens.
Extract from : « History of the English People » by John Richard Green

The chivalry of Austria will surely suffer no attaint from one whose distinction it is to be your relative, and a Dalton.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

It resembles the process of reversing a verdict of twelve jurors by a verdict of twenty-four by the old writ of attaint.
Extract from : « Iron Making in the Olden Times » by H. G. Nicholls

In criminal cases a writ of attaint was issued at suit of the king, and in civil cases at the suit of either party.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 » by Various

Need I caution thee to watch well that they bring our name into no disgrace or attaint?
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Others of his following failed not in the "attaint," and horses and troopers floundered in the sand.
Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

Antonyms for attaint

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