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attaintment

noun

Etymology

From attaint + -ment.

  1. derived from ateint
  2. inherited from atteinte
  3. suffixed as attaintment — “attaint + ment”

Definitions

  1. Attainder, attainture

    Attainder, attainture; conviction.

    • There is that prouokes me to speake against this law of attaintment, they say I am not indifferent.
    • For where the party may have an attaintment, there no damages shall be assessed by the Court, if the same be not found by the Jury; and therefore the Court would be advised of it: […]
    • The same day brought him intelligence of his wife's desertion, and of his attaintment as a traitor; and, further, that this accusation had been chiefly brought about by the intrigues of his former partner.

  2. Misspelling of attainment.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA