Attainting [verb]
Definition of Attainting:
find guilty
Synonyms of Attainting:
● Imprison
● Condemn
● Sentence
● Frame
● Adjudge
● Attaint
● Rap
● Doom
● Put away
● Bring to justice
● Declare guilty
● Pass sentence on
● Pronounce guilty
● Put the screws to
● Send up the river
● Send up
● Throw the book at
Opposite/Antonyms of Attainting:
● Free
● Liberate
● Exonerate
● Release
Sentence/Example of Attainting:
Not till the law attainting Strafford was proposed did the signs of serious disunion become visible.
The lords passed another for attainting the queen; however it was neglected in the house of commons.
But the acts attainting his family had been repealed in 1569, and the old earldom was thus regained.
An act attainting him of treason and heresy was hurried through parliament, without hearing him in his defence.
We may perhaps except a bill attainting the Queen of Scots, which was rejected in the upper house.