Word Meanings - ATTAINTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Attainder; disgrace.
Related words: (words related to ATTAINTURE)
- ATTAINDER
Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See 1. 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 - DISGRACE
1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak. 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor - DISGRACER
One who disgraces. - DISGRACEFUL
Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.