Syn.
— To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
REPROBATENESS
Rep"ro*bate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being reprobate.
REPROBATER
Rep"ro*ba`ter (-b`tr), n.
Defn: One who reprobates.
REPROBATION
Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b`shn), n. Etym: [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.]
1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. Jeffrey. Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden.
2. (Theol.)
Defn: The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.
REPROBATIONER
Rep`ro*ba"tion*er (-r), n. (Theol.)