Definition of REPROBATE

reprobate

Meanings

Plural: reprobates

Noun

  • a person without moral scruples
  • One rejected by God; a sinful person.
  • A person with low morals or principles.

Verb

  • reject (documents) as invalid
  • abandon to eternal damnation
    • "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
  • express strong disapproval of
    • "These ideas were reprobated"
  • To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
  • Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  • To refuse, set aside.

Adjective Satellite

  • deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
    • "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

Adj

  • Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  • Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  • Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Antonyms

approbate

Scrabble Score: 13

reprobate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
reprobate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reprobate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

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