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Meaning of 'reprobate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reprobate [ a.]
- Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
- Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
- Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.
2 . Reprobate [ n.]
- One morally abandoned and lost.
3 . Reprobate [ v. t.]
- To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
- To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.

Meaning of 'reprobate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reprobate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- abandon to eternal damnation
Example in sentence:
  • God reprobated the unrepenting sinner
Meaning (2):
- express strong disapproval of
Example in sentence:
  • These ideas were reprobated;
  • We condemn the racism in South Africa;
  • We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners
3 . reprobate [ s]
Meaning (3):
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
Example in sentence:
  • a perverted sense of loyalty;
  • depraved criminals;
  • the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat

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