v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reprobated p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating. ] 1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved. [ 1913 Webster ]

And strength, and art, are easily outdone
By spirits reprobate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. “Reprobate desire.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One morally abandoned and lost. [ 1913 Webster ]

I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being reprobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reprobates. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. (Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Reprobative. [ 1913 Webster ]