Definition of attainder Attainder
/ʌtejˈndɚ/ - [uteynder] - at•tain•der
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What does attainder mean?
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NounPlural: attainders |
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| attainder - cancellation of civil rights | ||
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Wiktionary 
- attainder (Noun)
The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence usually for treason had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- attainder (n.)
The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder. - attainder (n.)
A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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attainder
at-tān′dėr, n. act of attainting: (law) loss of civil rights through conviction for high-treason.—v.t. Attaint′, to convict: to deprive of rights for being convicted of treason: to accuse of: disgrace, stain (from a fancied connection with taint).—n. (arch.) the act of touching, a hit (in tilting): (Shak.) infection: attainder: a stain, disgrace.—Older pa.p. Attaint′—(Shak.) corrupted, tainted.—ns. Attaint′ment, Attaint′ure, state of being attainted. [O. Fr. ataindre—L. atting-ĕre. See Attain.]
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🔤- attainder, noun, singular of attainders.
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