n. [ F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio. ] 1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure. [ 1913 Webster ] The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ] Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment. [ 1913 Webster ] |