1. to disgrace or bring shame upon
Usage: archaic
2. to affect with corruption or decay
Usage: archaic

1. a stain or taint upon reputation
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The scandal would attaint his family’s good name for generations.
• His crimes attainted his honor beyond redemption.
• The corruption seemed to attaint every aspect of the government.
• She feared that association with the criminal would attaint her reputation.
• The attaint upon his character followed him wherever he went.
• No amount of good deeds could remove the attaint from his past.