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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•ro•bate /ˈrɛprəˌbeɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a wicked person.
adj. - wicked;
evil.
See -prob-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•ro•bate (rep′rə bāt′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -bat•ed, -bat•ing. n. - a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:a drunken reprobate.
- a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
adj. - morally depraved; unprincipled;
bad. - rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
v.t. - to disapprove, condemn, or censure.
- (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin;
exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
- Latin reprobātus; past participle of reprobāre to reprove
- late Middle English reprobaten 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tramp, scoundrel, wastrel, miscreant, wretch, rascal, cad, rogue.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged outcast, pariah.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wicked, sinful, evil, corrupt.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reprehend, blame, rebuke, reprove.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: reprobate /ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt/ adj - morally unprincipled; depraved
- destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell
n - an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person
- a disreputable or roguish person: the old reprobate
vb (transitive)- to disapprove of; condemn
- (of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin reprobātus held in disfavour, from Latin re- + probāre to approve1reprobacy /ˈrɛprəbəsɪ/ n ˈreproˌbater n |