rare. [f. TAINT v. + -MENT.]
† 1. = ATTAINTMENT, ATTAINT. Obs.
1613. T. Godwin, Rom. Antiq. (1658), 217. Taintments of treason against any person of state.
2. Contamination, defiling tincture.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter ii. 14. That is a rare eye … that can mingle itself with sordid corruptions, and receive no taintment.
