Reprobation

Origin

French réprobation, or Latin reprobatio.

Full definition of reprobation

Noun

1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. — Jeffrey.Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. — Dryden.
2. (theology) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.

Related terms

• reprobate
• reprobative

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