Definition of taint

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Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.

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Certitude :: Certitude (n.) Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.
Flyblown :: Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Stain :: Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Margin :: Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty..
Anxiously :: Anxiously (adv.) In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
Incertainty :: Incertainty (n.) Uncertainty.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..
Quandary :: Quandary (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition; as, fresh vegetables, flowers, eggs, meat, fruit, etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring again; repeated; as, a fresh supply of goods; fresh tea, raisins, etc.; lately come or made public; as, fresh news; recently taken from a well or spring; as, fresh water..
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
Assuredness :: Assuredness (n.) The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
Tack :: Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack..
Maybe :: Maybe (n.) Possibility; uncertainty.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To stain; to obscure; to sully; to disgrace; to cloud with infamy.
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..
Definiteness :: Definiteness (n.) The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
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