Taint

Quick meaning: Taint is a noun meaning A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

Meaning

A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.

More Meanings

1. A tinge, trace or touch.
2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
3. (programming) A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
4. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
5. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
6. (obsolete) Tincture; hue; colour.
7. (obsolete) Infection; corruption; deprivation.

Example Sentences

I cannot taint with fear.

Meat soon taints in warm weather.

His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love.

Using Apache version 1.3.29 and Perl version 5.8.2, we tracked the following sequence of taints […]

Word Forms

• taints
• tainting
• tainted

Synonyms for taint

Depending on context, synonyms include leper, adulterant, contamination, pollutant, adulterator, contaminant.

Antonyms for taint

Common opposites include disinfect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include defile, sully, contamination, corrupt, cloud, infect.

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