untainted

noun

1. a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
2. a trace of infection, contamination, or the like.
3. a trace of dishonor or discredit.
4. Obsolete. color; tint.

verb (used with object)

5. to modify by or as if by a trace of something offensive or deleterious.
6. to infect, contaminate, corrupt, or spoil.
7. to sully or tarnish (a person’s name, reputation, etc.).
8. Obsolete. to color or tint.

verb (used without object)

9. to become tainted; spoil.

adjective

1. not tarnished, contaminated, or pollutedhe was untainted by the scandal

verb

1. to affect or be affected by pollution or contaminationoil has tainted the water
2. to tarnish (someone’s reputation, etc)

noun

3. a defect or flawa taint on someone’s reputation
4. a trace of contamination or infection

adj.1580s, in the moral sense; c.1600 in the physical sense; from un- (1) “not” + past participle of taint (v.). v.1570s, “to corrupt, contaminate,” also “to touch, tinge, imbue slightly” (1590s), from Middle English teynten “to convict, prove guilty” (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre “to touch upon, seize” (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter “to color, dye” (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre “to dye, color,” from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.