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English Dictionary: reprobate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for reprobate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprobate adj deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" Synonym(s): depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate n a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate, miscreant] v reject (documents) as invalid Antonym(s): approbate abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" Synonym(s): condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprobate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprobate \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. [bd]Reprobate desire.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See {Abandoned}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reprobate \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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Reprobate that which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer. 6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).