From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]
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1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
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Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
Lord hath rejected them. --Jer. vi. 30.
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2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
lost; given up to vice; depraved.
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And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate. --Milton.
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3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." --Shak.
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Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n.
One morally abandoned and lost.
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I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
traitor to the king. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated
(-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
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Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
appears. --Ayliffe.
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Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay.
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2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprobate
adj 1: deviating from what is considered moral or right or
proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense
of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling
aristocrat" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted,
reprobate]
n 1: a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate,
miscreant]
v 1: reject (documents) as invalid [ant: approbate]
2: abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting
sinner"
3: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in
South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn,
reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]