(n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder.
(n.) A stain or staining; state of being in dishonor or condemnation.
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Inlaw
Definition:
(v. t.) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
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(1) Illiteracy, arranged and child marriages, joint family structure, oedipal dominance of mother-in-laws, unemployment and economic dependence of the husband on the parents, near complete dependence of women on their husbands and inlaws, and lack of social security amongst Hindu females were other contributory factors affecting the incidence in some way.
(2) In India these are: humiliation, reputational and economic loss, poverty, examination failure, relationship disappointments, disputes with spouse and inlaws, property disputes, loss of loved one, and chronic medical illnesses.
(3) The pressure to do so came both from her own mother, "whose ideal was domestic – I loved her dearly but we didn't understand each other", and her inlaws.