attaintment
attaintment noun: attainder, attainture; conviction. Also the misspelling of attainment.
Noun
attaintment (countable and uncountable, plural attaintments)
- Attainder, attainture; conviction.
- There is that prouokes me to speake against this law of attaintment, they say I am not indifferent.1553, Hugh Latimer, “The fourth Sermon […]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, made vppon the lords Prayer […], published 1562, folio 63ᵛ
- For where the party may have an attaintment, there no damages shall be assessed by the Court, if the same be not found by the Jury; and therefore the Court would be advised of it: […]1613, Cookes Case; republished as John Godbolt, W. Hughes, editors, Reports of […] Severall Courts of Record at Westminster […], 1652, page 207
- Synonyms:
- censure, dispraise, judgement, proscription, attainder, attainture, blame, condemnation, condemning, damnation
Also used as
attaintment is also the misspelling of attainment.
Synonyms of attaintment
- censure
- dispraise
- judgement
- proscription
- blame
- condemnation
- condemning
- damnation
- disapprobation
- disapproval
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Forms of attaintment
| plural | attaintments |
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Origin of attaintment
From attaint + -ment.
Questions about attaintment
- What does attaintment mean?
- Attaintment means attainder, attainture; conviction.
- What part of speech is attaintment?
- Attaintment is a noun.
- What is the plural of attaintment?
- The plural of attaintment is attaintments.
Words near attaintment in the dictionary
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