Associations to the word «Attainder»

Wiktionary

ATTAINDER, noun. (legal) (rare) The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
ATTAINDER, noun. (obsolete) A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.

Dictionary definition

ATTAINDER, noun. Cancellation of civil rights.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca