reprobation

[ rep-ruh-bey-shuhn ]

noun

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

reprobation

/ ˈrɛprəbətɪv; ˌrɛprəʊˈbeɪʃən /

noun

1. disapproval, blame, or censure
2. Christianity condemnation to eternal punishment in hell; rejection by God

Derived Forms

• reprobative, adjective
• ˈreprobatively, adverb

Other Words From

• repro·bation·ary adjective

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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

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

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