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Synonyms
taint (tānt)

[Partly from obsolete taynt, to color, dye (from Anglo-Norman teint from past participle of teindre) (from Latin tingere), and partly from Middle English tainten, to convict (short for atteinten) (from Old French ataint past participle of ataindre, to attain, touch upon; see attain).]

verb: taint·ed, taint·ing, taints. 

transitive verb 

  1. To affect with or as if with a disease.
  2. To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See synonyms at contaminate
  3. To corrupt morally.
  4. To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible.

intransitive verb 

To become affected with decay or putrefaction; spoil.

noun 

  1. A moral defect considered as a stain or spot. See synonyms at stain
  2. An infecting touch, influence, or tinge.

derivatives

taint́less
adjective
taint́less·ly
adverb
taint́less·ness
noun