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reprobate

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As an adjective, reprobate means rejected by God. As a noun, it means one rejected by God.

Meanings of reprobate

11 meanings

adjective

  1. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

  2. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

    “The reprobate criminal sneered at me.”

  3. 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”

    Similar: depraved, perverse, perverted
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. rareRejected; cast off as worthless.

noun

  1. One rejected by God; a sinful person.

  2. An individual with low morals or principles.

  3. A person without moral scruplesperson

    Similar: miscreant

verb

  1. To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.

  2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.

  3. To refuse, set aside.

  4. Reject (documents) as invalid

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for reprobate →
adjective: deviating from what is considered moral or right or prope…
depravedperverseperverted
noun: a person without moral scruples
miscreant
verb: express strong disapproval of
condemndecryobjurgateexcoriate
Oppositesapprobate

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