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reprobation

[ rep-ruh-bey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
  2. Theology. rejection by God, as of persons excluded from the number of the elect or from salvation.


reprobation

/ ˌrɛprəʊˈbeɪʃən; ˈrɛprəbətɪv /

noun

  1. disapproval, blame, or censure
  2. Christianity condemnation to eternal punishment in hell; rejection by God
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reprobative, adjective
  • ˈreprobatively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • repro·bation·ary adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reprobation1

1400–50; late Middle English reprobacion < Late Latin reprobātiōn- (stem of reprobātiō ) rejection, equivalent to reprobāt ( us ) ( reprobate ) + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

The stage has continued to enjoy a species of traditional immunity from all the reprobation which swearing is presumed to incur.

She deserves the most severe reprobation for having failed to test her materials before she made public this foul slander.

Now, it is not that Mr. Ridd was worthless that we hold his memory in reprobation; nor that he was insincere, nor sly, nor ugly.

And all the while, up and down the highway of her youth, raged the ancient dragons, renamed Election and Reprobation.

The terrible example set by Jourdan late in '91 was received in Paris with other than reprobation.

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