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reprobate

adj
/ˈɹɛpɹəbət//ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from reprobātus
  2. inherited from reprobat — “condemned, damned”
  3. inherited from reprobat

Definitions

  1. Rejected

    Rejected; cast off as worthless.

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

  2. Rejected by God

    Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

  3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

    • The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
    • And strength, and art, are easily outdone / By spirits reprobate.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. One rejected by God

      One rejected by God; a sinful person.

    2. A person with low morals or principles.

      • I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.
      • [T]he young sinner took leave of Pen, and the club of the elder criminals, and sauntered into Blacquiere’s, an adjacent establishment, frequented by reprobates of his own age.
      • "Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"

    3. To have strong disapproval of something

      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;...

    4. Of God

      Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.

    5. To refuse, set aside.

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Derived

reprobateness, approbate and reprobate, reprobater, unreprobated

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA