adjective
- having been subjected to attainder; deprived of civil rights and property due to conviction of treason or felony
Usage: legal; historical
Examples
- The attainted nobleman lost all his lands and titles.
- Attainted persons were forbidden from holding public office.
- The family’s attainted status made them social outcasts.
- His attainted condition prevented him from inheriting property.
- The king could restore rights to attainted subjects through royal pardon.