REPROBATE

depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate

(adjective) 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”

reprobate, miscreant

(noun) a person without moral scruples

reprobate

(verb) reject (documents) as invalid

condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate

(verb) express strong disapproval of; “We condemn the racism in South Africa”; “These ideas were reprobated”

reprobate

(verb) abandon to eternal damnation; “God reprobated the unrepenting sinner”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

reprobate (comparative more reprobate, superlative most reprobate)

(rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.

Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

Noun

reprobate (plural reprobates)

One rejected by God; a sinful person.

An individual with low morals or principles.

Etymology 2

Verb

reprobate (third-person singular simple present reprobates, present participle reprobating, simple past and past participle reprobated)

To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.

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

To refuse, set aside.

Anagrams

• perborate

Source: Wiktionary

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Rep"ro*bate (-bt), a. Etym: [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.

Definition: One morally abandoned and lost. I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh.

Rep"ro*bate (-bt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated (-b`td); 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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