Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]
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1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
Lord hath rejected them. --Jer. vi. 30.
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2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
lost; given up to vice; depraved.
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And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate. --Milton.
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3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." --Shak.
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Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n.
One morally abandoned and lost.
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I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
traitor to the king. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
appears. --Ayliffe.
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Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay.
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2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reprobate
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" [syn: depraved, immoral, perverse,
perverted]
n : a person without moral scruples [syn: miscreant]
v 1: reject (documents) as invalid [ant: approbate]
2: abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the
unrepenting sinner"
3: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in
South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn,
decry, objurgate, excoriate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "reprobate":
abandoned, abominable, accursed, accuse, amoral, anathematize,
anathemize, animadvert on, arraign, arrant, atrocious, backslider,
bad, bad egg, bad lot, base, bastard, black, black sheep,
blackguard, blackguardly, blamable, blame, blameworthy,
call to account, cast blame upon, cast reflection upon, censure,
complain against, condemn, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted,
criminal, cry down, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon,
cur, cursed, damn, damnable, damned, dark, debased, debauched,
debauchee, decadent, decry, degenerate, degraded, denounce,
denunciate, depraved, despicable, disapprove, disgraceful, dismiss,
dissolute, evil, execrable, fallen angel, flagitious, flagrant,
fleshly, foul, fulminate against, godless, good-for-nothing,
graceless, heel, heinous, immoral, impeach, improper, impugn,
indict, infamous, iniquitous, inveigh against, irredeemable, knave,
knavish, knock, lecher, libertine, licentious, lost, lost sheep,
lost soul, low, lowlife, mean, miscreant, monstrous,
morally polluted, mundane, naughty, nefarious, nonsacred,
notorious, peccant, pervert, perverted, pimp, polluted, profane,
profligate, rake, rank, rap, rapscallion, rascal, rascally,
recidivist, recreant, reflect upon, refuse, reject, reprehend,
reprehensible, reproach, repudiate, roguish, rotten, roue,
scalawag, scamp, scampish, scandalous, scapegrace, scoundrel,
scoundrelly, secular, shake up, shameful, shameless, shriftless,
sinful, skin, sorry lot, spurn, steeped in iniquity, tainted,
temporal, trollop, turn down, unblessed, unconverted, unforgivable,
unhallowed, unholy, unpardonable, unprincipled, unredeemed,
unregenerate, unsacred, unsanctified, unspeakable, unworthy,
vice-corrupted, vicious, vile, villain, villainous, vitiated,
warped, wastrel, whore, wicked, worldly, wretch, wrong
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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