reprobation

[ rep-ruh-bey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. disapproval, condemnation, or censure.

  1. Theology. rejection by God, as of persons excluded from the number of the elect or from salvation.

Origin of reprobation

1
1400–50; late Middle English reprobacion<Late Latin reprobātiōn- (stem of reprobātiō) rejection, equivalent to reprobāt(us) (see reprobate) + -iōn--ion

Other words from reprobation

  • rep·ro·ba·tion·ar·y, adjective

Words Nearby reprobation

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How to use reprobation in a sentence

  • The stage has continued to enjoy a species of traditional immunity from all the reprobation which swearing is presumed to incur.

  • She deserves the most severe reprobation for having failed to test her materials before she made public this foul slander.

    Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
  • Now, it is not that Mr. Ridd was worthless that we hold his memory in reprobation; nor that he was insincere, nor sly, nor ugly.

  • And all the while, up and down the highway of her youth, raged the ancient dragons, renamed Election and reprobation.

    The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
  • The terrible example set by Jourdan late in '91 was received in Paris with other than reprobation.

    The Red City | S. Weir Mitchell

British Dictionary definitions for reprobation

reprobation

/ (ˌrɛprəʊˈbeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. disapproval, blame, or censure

  2. Christianity condemnation to eternal punishment in hell; rejection by God

Derived forms of reprobation

  • reprobative (ˈrɛprəbətɪv) or reprobationary, adjective
  • reprobatively, adverb

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