unattaintadj.
1. = unattainted adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [adjective] > not attainted or proscribed
untainted1597
unattainta1657
unproscribed1775
unattainted1794
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II cclxxv, in Poems (1878) III. 205 These, by a Publicke Act, stand vnattaint.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV xxii, in Poems (1878) IV. 6 The rest who fell Confederates with them, are vn-attaint.
2. = unattainted adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, qualities, etc.
fairOE
unblendedc1340
unspotted1455
unviolated1555
uncorrupted1571
unattainted1597
uninfected1628
unvitiateda1637
unsullied1659
unabused1661
unadulterate1664
candid1667
unwarped1744
unspecked1781
unblenched1813
unsunned1843
unattaint1850
unsubverted1872
unsmutched1879
unshadowed1891
1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman ii. 23 Unattaint, Perchance, the Arethusan blood of Rome Hath coursed the conduits of a tyrant's veins.
1856 E. FitzGerald tr. Jámi Salámán & Absál vii. 22 From Darkness came to Light a Child, Of Carnal Composition Unattaint.
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