[rep.ro.bate] vt -bat.ed ; -bat.ing [ME, fr. LL reprobatus, pp. of reprobare--more at reprove] (15c) 1: to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil "reprobating the laxity of the age"
2: to foreordain to damnation
3: to refuse to accept: reject syn see criticize -- rep.ro.ba.tive adj -- rep.ro.ba.to.ry adj
[2]reprobate adj (15c) 1 archaic: rejected as worthless or not standing a test: condemned
2. a: foreordained to damnation b: morally corrupt: depraved
3: expressing or involving reprobation
4: of, relating to, or characteristic of a reprobate [3]reprobate n (1545): a reprobate person