— reprobacy /rep"reuh beuh see/ , reprobateness , n. — reprobater , n.
/rep"reuh bayt'/ , n., adj., v., reprobated, reprobating .
n.
1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
adj.
3. morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.
4. rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
v.t.
5. to disapprove, condemn, or censure.
6. (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
[ 1400-50; late ME reprobaten reprobatus; ptp. of reprobare to REPROVE ]
Syn. 1. tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch, rascal, cad, rogue. 2. outcast, pariah. 3. wicked, sinful, evil, corrupt. 5. reprehend, blame, rebuke, reprove.