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attainder definition

at·tain·der (ə tān′dər)

noun

  1. forfeiture of property and loss of civil rights of a person sentenced to death or outlawed
  2. Obsolete dishonor

Etymology: ME atteindre < Anglo-Fr atteinder, inf. used as n. < OFr ataindre (see attain); sense infl. by ME atteinten, attaint

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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