reprobate

reprobate

depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drug-dealing reprobate

Not to be confused with:

approbate – to approve officially: approbate a legal matter

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reprobate

scoundrel; wastrel; rogue; outcast: The ex-con is a worthless reprobate.

Not to be confused with:

reprobation – disapproval, condemnation or censure; rejection: She expressed her reprobation of the proposal.

rep·ro·bate

 (rĕp′rə-bāt′)

n.

1. A morally unprincipled person.

2. One who is predestined to damnation.

adj.

1. Morally unprincipled; shameless.

2. Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

tr.v. rep·ro·bat·ed, rep·ro·bat·ing, rep·ro·bates

1. To disapprove of; condemn.

2. To abandon to eternal damnation. Used of God.

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[From Middle English, condemned, from Late Latin reprobātus, past participle of reprobāre, to reprove : Latin re-, opposite; see re- + Latin probāre, to approve; see prove.]

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rep′ro·ba′tion n.

rep′ro·ba′tive adj.

reprobate

(ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt)

adj

1. morally unprincipled; depraved

2. (Theology) Christianity destined or condemned to eternal punishment in hell

n

3. an unprincipled, depraved, or damned person

4. a disreputable or roguish person: the old reprobate.

vb (tr)

5. to disapprove of; condemn

6. (Theology) (of God) to destine, consign, or condemn to eternal punishment in hell

[C16: from Late Latin reprobātus held in disfavour, from Latin re- + probāre to approve¹]

reprobacy n

ˈreproˌbater n

rep•ro•bate

(ˈrɛp rəˌbeɪt)

n., adj., v. -bat•ed, -bat•ing. n.

1. a depraved or wicked person.

2. a person who is beyond hope of salvation.

adj.

3. morally depraved; wicked.

4. being beyond hope of salvation.

v.t.

5. to disapprove, condemn, or censure.

6. to exclude from salvation, as for sin.

[1400–50; late Middle English (v.) < Latin reprobātus, past participle of reprobāre to reprove]

rep′ro•bate`ness, n.

rep′ro•bat`er, n.

reprobate

Past participle: reprobated
Gerund: reprobating

Imperative

reprobate

reprobate

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reprobate - a person without moral scruples   miscreant offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior black sheep, scapegrace - a reckless and unprincipled reprobate wretch - performs some wicked deed
Verb	1.	reprobate - reject (documents) as invalid reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" approbate - accept (documents) as valid
	2.	reprobate - abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" sentence, doom, condemn - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
	3.	reprobate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate denounce - speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
Adj.	1.	reprobate - deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" depraved, perverse, perverted corrupt - lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"

reprobate

noun

1. scoundrel, villain, degenerate, profligate, mother (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), shit (taboo slang), bastard (informal, offensive), rake, bugger (taboo slang), sinner, outcast, pariah, rascal, son-of-a-bitch (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), asshole (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), turd (taboo slang), wretch, wrongdoer, motherfucker (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), ne'er-do-well, scumbag (slang), miscreant, wastrel, bad egg (old-fashioned informal), blackguard, evildoer, roué, cocksucker (taboo slang), rakehell (archaic), asswipe (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), skelm (S. African), wrong 'un (informal) the drunken reprobate of popular legend

adjective

1. unprincipled, hardened, depraved, degenerate, bad, base, abandoned, damned, corrupt, vile, immoral, wicked, shameless, sinful, profligate, incorrigible, dissolute the most evil-looking gang of reprobate bikers

reprobate

adjective

Morally objectionable:

bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, sinful, vicious, wicked, wrong.

verb

To feel or express strong disapproval of:

censure, condemn, denounce, deplore, reprehend.

Translations

reprobodepravato

reprobate

[ˈreprəʊbeɪt] N → réprobo/a m/f

reprobate

adj action → ruchlos, verwerflich; person → verkommen; (Eccl) → verdammt

n → verkommenes Subjekt, Gestrauchelte(r) mf (geh); (Eccl) → Verdammte(r) mf

reprobate

[ˈrɛprəʊˌbeɪt] n (hum) → canaglia