Both Uses of
taint
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Had she fed him tainted refuse, he thought, had she mixed poison into his food, it would have been more kind and less fatal.
Chpt 3.6 *tainted = spoiled or contaminated
- If you pursue a course of action that does not taint your life by any joy, that brings you no value in matter, no value in spirit, no gain, no profit, no reward-if you achieve this state of total zero, you have achieved the ideal of moral perfection.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(taint) to spoil something so it is not desirable -- as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person