Reprobate

//ˈɹɛpɹəbət// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One rejected by God; a sinful person.

    "And the solitarines of man, which God had namely and principally orderd to prevent by mariage, hath no remedy, but lies under a worse condition then the loneliest single life; for in single life the absence and remotenes of a helper might inure him to expect his own comforts out of himselfe, or to seek with hope; but here the continuall sight of his deluded thoughts without cure, must needs be to him, if especially his complexion incline him to melancholy, a daily trouble and paine of losse in som degree like that which Reprobats feel."

  2. 2
    a person without moral scruples wordnet
  3. 3
    A person with low morals or principles.

    "I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king."

Verb
  1. 1
    To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.

    "Lord Rotheles allowed it was a very sufficient cause for returning soon, and reprobated all delays of letters, though he confessed to being a very idle correspondent;..."

  2. 2
    reject (documents) as invalid wordnet
  3. 3
    Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  4. 4
    express strong disapproval of wordnet
  5. 5
    To refuse, set aside.
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  1. 6
    abandon to eternal damnation wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Rejected; cast off as worthless. rare

    "Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them."

  2. 2
    Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  3. 3
    Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

    "The reprobate criminal sneered at me."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good wordnet

Synonyms

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condemndepravedpervertedscoundrelabandonedabominable

Example

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"The tavern was full of all manner of reprobate."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

First attested in c. 1451, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobaten, from reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin reprobātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of reprove.

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approbate and reprobate

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