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stain
Part of speech: NounA discoloration; spot or blot; a dye; taint of guilt or crime; cause of reproach.
Part of speech: VerbTo blot; spot; mark with color; to dye; soil with guilt or crime.
Part of speech: Verb Usage examples "stain":- I'd die twice over rather than put the stain of blood on my hands. - "Down the Slope", James Otis.
- He might have escaped, but he preferred the risk of death to the double stain of surprise and flight. - "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17", Charles Francis Horne.
- There would be nothing to record, no stain could come upon the living. - "Drift from Two Shores", Bret Harte.