Dictionary
rep•ro•bate
Pronunciation: (rep'ru-bāt"), [key]
—n., adj., v., -bat•ed, -bat•ing.
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n.
1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:
a drunken reprobate.
2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
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adj.
1. morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.
2. rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
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v.t.
1. to disapprove, condemn, or censure.
2. (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
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