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rep·re·hen·si·ble  (rpr-hns-bl)
adj.
Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy. See Synonyms at blameworthy.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin reprehnsibilis, from Latin reprehnsus, past participle of reprehendere, to reprehend; see reprehend.]
repre·hensi·bili·ty, repre·hensi·ble·ness n.
repre·hensi·bly adv.
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Noun1.reprehensibility - being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof
evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
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