Attainder vs Attainted - What's the difference?
attainder | attainted |
(legal, rare) The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
(obsolete) A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.
* 1593 , , III. v. 32:
(attaint)
Subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 383:
*2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 228:
*:Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed. Rebel’.
Tainted, corrupted.
As a noun attainder
is (legal|rare) the state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.As a verb attainted is
(attaint).As an adjective attainted is
subject to attainder; condemned to death or outlawry, hence stripped of one's titles, hereditary rights, or possessions.attainder
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Alternative forms
* attaindre (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- He lived from all attainder of suspects.
Anagrams
*attainted
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The king stands in your father's place, since your brother is an attainted traitor.
