attainder
About 0.22 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The state a prisoner entered once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
- noun A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.
Similar words
civil death disentail abatement disenthralment depenalization vanquishment debellation deprivation disenthrallment banishment
Often followed by
of or and was against in for is passed
Word family
attainders
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