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reprobate

rep·ro·bate

UK/ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/ US/ˈrɛprɔbeɪt/ uncommon rare
noun (1) verb (3) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a person without moral scruples

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verb

1.

reject (documents) as invalid

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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”
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adjective

1.

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”
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Origin

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).

Phrases

  • approbate and reprobate

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