taint (n.)
fault, blemish, flaw
AC V.i.30.2[Maecenas to all, of Antony] His taints and honours / Waged equal with him
Ham II.i.32[Polonius to Reynaldo, of Laertes] But breathe his faults so quaintly / That they may seem the taints of liberty
Mac IV.iii.124[Malcolm to Macduff] I ... here abjure / The taints and blames I laid upon myself
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