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Reprobate

Reprobate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Reprobate? [n] a person without moral scruples [adj] marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [v] reject as invalid, as of documents [v] express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [v] Theology: abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Reprobate: condemn \| corrupt \| decry \| depraved \| excoriate \| immoral \| miscreant \| objurgate \| perverse \| perverted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Reprobate: See Also \| black sheep \| degenerate \| denounce \| deviant \| deviate \| doom \| offender \| pervert \| reject \| scapegrace \| sentence \| wretch \| wrongdoer Reprobate In Webster's Dictionary \Rep"robate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See {Reprieve}, {Reprove}.] 1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.] Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. --Jer. vi. 30. 2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved. And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate. --Milton. 3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. ``Reprobate desire.'' --Shak. Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See {Abandoned}. \Rep"robate\, n. One morally abandoned and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. --Sir W. Raleigh. \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated} (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprobating}.] 1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. --Ayliffe. Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay. 2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

Reprobate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reprobate?

[n] a person without moral scruples
[adj] marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
[v] reject as invalid, as of documents
[v] express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
[v] Theology: abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"

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Reprobate In Webster's Dictionary

\Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See {Reprieve}, {Reprove}.]
1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
   fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]

         Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
         Lord hath rejected them.              --Jer. vi. 30.

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
   lost; given up to vice; depraved.

         And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits
         reprobate.                            --Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
   reprobate conduct. ``Reprobate desire.'' --Shak.

Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
     profligate; base; vile. See {Abandoned}.


\Rep"ro*bate\, n.
One morally abandoned and lost.

      I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
      traitor to the king.                     --Sir W.
                                               Raleigh.


\Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated}
(-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprobating}.]
1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
   dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.

         Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
         of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
         appears.                              --Ayliffe.

         Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
         them, was reprobated by the other.    --Macaulay.

2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

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