Attainder

Definition: Attainder

Attainder

Noun

1. Cancellation of civil rights.

Date "attainder" was first used: 1444. (references)

Etymology: Attainder \At*tain"der\, noun. [Old French expression ataindre, ateindre, to accuse, convict. Attainder is often erroneously referred to French teindre tie stain. See Attaint, Attain.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Attainder

Synonym: civil death (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Condemnation	Attainder, attainture, attaintment.
Imperfection	Fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw; (break); gap; twist; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish; weakness; half blood; shortcoming; drawback; seamy side.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Attainder

English words defined with "attainder": Act of attainder, attaint, Attaintment, Attainture ♦ Bill of attainder ♦ Civil death, Corruption of blood ♦ Inlaw. (references)

Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 3: No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (reference)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	The constitution declares that "no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Attainder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Attainder" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	87.5%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	12.5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Expressions using "attainder": Act of attainder ♦ attainder of civil rights ♦ bill of attainder. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "attainder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		borgerlig død. (various references)

Dutch		burgerlijke dood. (various references)

Finnish		kansalaisluottamuksen menettäminen. (various references)

French		mort civile. (various references)

German		Verlust der bürgerlichen Ehrenrechte, bürgerlicher Tod. (various references)

Greek		στέρηση πολιτικών δικαιωμάτων (attainder of civil rights). (various references)

Italian		morte civile. (various references)

Pig Latin		attainderay

Portuguese		perda dos direitos civis, morte civil, confisco de bens. (various references)

Romanian		moarte civilã, dezonoare (attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, disrepute), condamnare la pierderea drepturilor civile. (various references)

Russian		лишение прав (disablement). (various references)

Spanish		muerte civil. (various references)

Swedish		förlust av medborgerligt förtroende, borgerlig död. (various references)

Turkish		manevi ölüm (civil death), idam mahkumunun vatandaşlık haklarını kaybetmesi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old French	900-1400	ataindre. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "attainder": attainders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Attainder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atinder, attande, attanider, Jatindur, Nattinger, stainder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "attainder" (pronounced utā"nder)
4	-ā" n d er	remainder.
3	-n d er	Alexander, asunder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, binder, blander, blender, blinder, blonder, blunder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, Ender, engender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, minder, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-n-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: attained, attainer, nitrated, reattain.
	-2 letters: airdate, antired, araneid, arietta, attired, detrain, intreat, iterant, nattier, nitrate, radiant, radiate, tainted, tertian, tiaraed, trained, trident.
	-3 letters: adnate, airted, antiar, ardent, attain, attend, attire, denari, detain, natter, radian, rained, ranted, ratine, ratite, rattan, ratted, ratten, retain, retina, retint, rident, taenia, tantra, tartan, tarted, tetrad, tinder, tinted, tinter.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-n-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: antitrades, attainders, reattained.
	+2 letters: ingratiated, retardation, tearstained.
	+3 letters: administrate, adulterating, adulteration, antipredator, denaturation, fainthearted, fractionated, intercalated, interstadial, ratiocinated, retardations, tradescantia, triangulated.
	+4 letters: accreditation, administrated, administrates, adulterations, antiapartheid, antipredators, denaturations, determinantal, interstadials, mistranslated, preadaptation, rattlebrained, tradescantias, transactinide, transmigrated, ultradistance, unarticulated.
	+5 letters: accreditations, administrative, antiapartheids, antidemocratic, antidepressant, antiderivative, antifederalist, contradictable, contraindicate, decontaminator, derivatization, dissertational, faintheartedly, interdialectal, intergradation, pancreatitides, preadaptations, procrastinated, recontaminated, retrogradation, scatterbrained, tatterdemalion, traditionalize, transliterated, ultradistances.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
attainder bill	17
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Attainder

Definition: Attainder

Attainder

Noun

Synonym: Attainder

Synonyms within Context: Attainder

Condemnation

Imperfection

Crosswords: Attainder

Historic Usage: Attainder

US Constitution

Marbury v. Madison

Usage Frequency: Attainder

Expressions: Attainder

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Attainder

attainder bill

Modern Translation: Attainder

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Anagrams: Attainder

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