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taint
v. contaminate, pollute, corrupt, mar; bring shame or dishonor upon; become tainted
 
n. trace of something bad or offensive, small amount of something harmful or unhealthy; moral blemish, hint of dishonor

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Taint
Taint may refer to:
  • Cork taint, undesirable odors or tastes in bottled wine; especially spoilage that can only be detected after opening the bottle
  • Contamination, the presence of a minor and unwanted element (a contaminant)
  • Infection, the colonization of a host organism by parasites
  • Perineum, the region of the human anatomy between the genitals and the anus
  • Taint (band), a sludge-metal band from Wales
  • Taint (legal), the quality of illegally-obtained court evidence
  • Taint checking, a feature of some programming languages that prevents unauthorized users from remotely executing commands on a computer
  • The Taint (or Doctor Who and the Taint), a novel written by Michael Collier and based on the British television series Doctor Who
  • Tint (archaic)

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taint
Noun
1. the state of being contaminated
(synonym) contamination
(hypernym) impurity, impureness
(hyponym) dust contamination
(derivation) infect
Verb
1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
(synonym) defile, sully, corrupt, cloud
(hypernym) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
(synonym) infect
(hypernym) pollute, foul, contaminate
(hyponym) superinfect
(derivation) contamination


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taint
v. poskvrnit
 
n. (po)skvrna

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taint
Czas. plamić; psuć
 
Rzecz. skaza; ślad

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