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reprobate

[ rep-ruh-beyt ]

noun

  1. a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:

    a drunken reprobate.

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  2. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

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adjective

  1. morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

verb (used with object)

reprobated, reprobating.
  1. to disapprove, condemn, or censure.

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  2. (of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.

reprobate

/ ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt; ˈrɛprəbəsɪ /

adjective

  1. morally unprincipled; depraved
  2. Christianity destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person
  2. a disreputable or roguish person

    the old reprobate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to disapprove of; condemn
  2. (of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • reprobacy, noun
  • ˈ°ù±ð±è°ù´ÇËŒ²ú²¹³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • °ù±ð±è·°ù´Ç·²ú²¹Â·³¦²â [rep, -r, uh, -b, uh, -see], °ù±ð±è۴Ç·²ú²¹³Ù±ðn±ð²õ²õ noun
  • °ù±ð±è۴Ç·²ú²¹³Ùe°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù±ð±è۴Ç·²ú²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of reprobate1

1400–50; late Middle English reprobaten < Latin °ù±ð±è°ù´Ç²úÄå³Ù³Ü²õ; past participle of °ù±ð±è°ù´Ç²úÄå°ù±ð to reprove
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of reprobate1

C16: from Late Latin °ù±ð±è°ù´Ç²úÄå³Ù³Ü²õ held in disfavour, from Latin re- + ±è°ù´Ç²úÄå°ù±ð to approve 1
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Castleberry can make you wonder which reprobate to care about most, which sin causes the most harm.

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A pious woman beats the hell out of her reprobate husband after he gets a giant tattoo of Jesus on his back.

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And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,†“reprobates,†“troglodytes,†“degenerates,†“hormonal vulgarians,†“fetid layabouts†and “snarling Visigoths.â€

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The media are already ballyhooing about how Trump's indictment for the crimes of Jan. 6 is truly "historic" and "unprecedented" in American history and that the "walls have closed in" on the reprobate ex-president.

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The entire world economy and every person on the planet could suffer because of the likes of George Santos, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the other reprobates who hold McCarthy hostage — a fact Biden acknowledged Tuesday.

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