Definition of taint

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Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.

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Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation..
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..
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.
Self-evident :: Self-evident (a.) Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth..
Incertainty :: Incertainty (n.) Uncertainty.
Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects, by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less measurable distance. Hence, aerial perspective, the assumed greater vagueness or uncertainty of outline in distant objects..
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
Tack :: Tack (n.) A peculiar flavor or taint; as, a musty tack..
Certainties :: Certainties (pl. ) of Certaint.
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
Definiteness :: Definiteness (n.) The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
Uncertainty :: Uncertainty (n.) The quality or state of being uncertain.
Pollute :: Pollute (v. t.) To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty..
Flyblown :: Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Fugacity :: Fugacity (a.) Uncertainty; instability.
Quandary :: Quandary (v. t.) To bring into a state of uncertainty, perplexity, or difficulty..
Maze :: Maze (n.) Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
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