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reprehensible
(redirected from reprehensibleness)

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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.

reprehensible [ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəbəl]
adj
open to criticism or rebuke; blameworthy
[from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from Latin reprehendere to hold back, reprove; see reprehend]
reprehensibility , reprehensibleness n
reprehensibly  adv

reprehensible - Usually applied to things, not people—the sin and not the sinner.
See also related terms for sin.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.reprehensible - bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law; "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"; "cheating is wrong"; "it is wrong to lie"

reprehensible
Translations
reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensɪbl] ADJreprensible, censurable

reprehensible [ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsɪbəl] adjrépréhensible

reprehensible

reprehensible [ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsɪbl] adj (frm) → riprovevole

reprehensible
adj reprehensible [repriˈhensəbl]
deserving blame a reprehensible act. afstootlik, gruwelik مَسْؤول عن осъдителен trestuhodný, hanebný forkastelig tadelnswert επιλήψιμος reprensible, censurable taunitav شرم آور؛ ناهنجار tuomittava répréhensible רָאוי לְגִינוּי दोषारोपण करने योग्य pokudan, prijekoran elítélendő patut disalahkan ámælisverður riprovevole 非難さるべき 비난 받아야 할 peiktinas peļams; nosodāms patut dipersalahkan afjewurenswaardig forkastelig, kritikkverdig naganny repreensível reprobabil предосудительный trestuhodný graje vreden prekoran klandervärd, förkastlig น่าตำหนิ suçlanabilir 應受譴責的 вартий догани مورد الزام đáng bị khiển trách
adv repreˈhensibly
gruwelik, afstootlik بصورةٍ مَسْؤولَه осъдително trestuhodně forkasteligt tadelnswert αξιοκατάκριτα de forma reprensible, censurablemente taunitavalt به طور نکوهیده tuomittavasti de façon répréhensible באופן ראוי לגינוי मलामत करते हुए, दोष देते हुए pokudno kifogásolhatóan secara patut disalahkan á ámælisverðan hátt in maniera riprovevole けしからんことに 괘씸하게 peiktinai, smerktinai secara yang patut dipersalahkan afkeurenswaardig forkastelig, kritikkverdig karygodnie repreensivelmente (în mod) reprobabil предосудительно trestuhodne graje vredno prekorno klandervärt, förkastligt อย่างน่าตำหนิ suçlanacak şekilde 應受指責地 варто догани; негоже ملزمانہ đáng bị khiển trách


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Disproportionate or disparate punishments are unjust, not because they fail to requite suffering with suffering, but because they impose a degree of penal censure on offenders that is not warranted by the comparative reprehensibleness of their criminal conduct.
14) 3 Generally, the Minnesota Supreme Court has insisted that aggravating and mitigating factors should relate to the degree of reprehensibleness of the criminal conduct in the particular case.
As we have just seen, however, coming to understand that reprehensibility is "typical" of acts of lying need not be the same thing as deciding that reprehensibleness is also a prototypical property of, and so foundational to, the actual meaning of "lie.
 
 
 
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