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taint

v.

To pollute
spoil, infect, rot; see contaminate, decay.
To corrupt
deprave, debase, defile; see corrupt 1. See syn. study at contaminate.

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Another word for taint

verb

To become or cause to become rotten or unsound:
break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, turn. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See better, thrive
To make morally impure:
contaminate, corrupt, defile, infect, pollute, soil. See clean
To contaminate the reputation of:
befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, sling (or throw) mud on. See attack, clean

noun

A mark of discredit or disgrace:

black eye, blemish, blot, onus, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish. (Archaic) attaint. Idiom: a blot on one's escutcheon. See marks, respect

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It might taint Fred's open mind.
That he came from the mortal world rather than the Immortal one had left a taint on him that no amount of success could get rid of.
There is always a taint of feeling in man's goodness.
At the present day, "usury," if used in the old sense of the term, would embrace a multitude of modes of receiving interest upon capital to which not the slightest moral taint is attached.
His whole body shaking, he tried to calm himself and withdrew, wanting to wipe away the taint of Sasha.s blood from his clothing and skin.

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