Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Reprobate has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:
Noun
· Verb
· Adjective
1
a person without moral scruples
2
One rejected by God; a sinful person.
1
reject (documents) as invalid
2
abandon to eternal damnation
"God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
3
express strong disapproval of
"We condemn the racism in South Africa"
"These ideas were reprobated"
4
To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
1
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"
2
Rejected; cast off as worthless.
Example Sentences
"God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
verb
"We condemn the racism in South Africa"
verb
"These ideas were reprobated"
verb
"depraved criminals"
adjective
"a perverted sense of loyalty"
adjective
"the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
adjective
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