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verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.
–noun 1. a depraved, unprincipled, or
wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of
salvation.
–adjective 3. morally depraved; unprincipled;
bad.
4. rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
–verb (used with object) 5. to disapprove,
condemn, or censure.
6. (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin;
exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
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[Origin: 1400–50; late ME reprobaten <
L reprobatus; ptp. of reprobare to reprove]
— Related forms
rep·ro·ba·cy, rep·ro·bate·ness,
noun
rep·ro·bat·er, noun
— Synonyms 1. tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch,
rascal, cad, rogue. 2. outcast, pariah. 3. wicked, sinful, evil,
corrupt. 5. reprehend, blame, rebuke, reprove.
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