UNTAINTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does untainted mean? 

• UNTAINTED (adjective)
  The adjective UNTAINTED has 1 sense:

1. (of reputation) free from blemishes

  Familiarity information: UNTAINTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTAINTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of reputation) free from blemishes

Synonyms:

stainless; unstained; unsullied; untainted; untarnished

Context example:

an untarnished reputation

Similar:

unblemished; unmarred; unmutilated (free from physical or moral spots or stains)

 Context examples 

It was likely to be as untainted, perhaps, as the blood of many a gentleman: but what a connexion had she been preparing for Mr. Knightley—or for the Churchills—or even for Mr. Elton!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It was just what it ought to be, and it looked what it was—and Emma felt an increasing respect for it, as the residence of a family of such true gentility, untainted in blood and understanding.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)