Noun: reprobate 're-pru,beytAdjective: reprobate 're-pru,beyt
- Deviating from what is considered moral, right, proper or good
"the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat";
- depraved, perverse, perverted
- Express strong disapproval of
"These ideas were reprobated";
- condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate
- Reject (documents) as invalid
"The committee reprobated the forged certificates"
- (theology) abandon to eternal damnation
"God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
Derived forms: reprobated, reprobates, reprobating
See also: corrupt
Type of: condemn, denounce, denunciate, doom, offender, reject, sentence, wrongdoer
Antonym: approbate
Encyclopedia: Reprobate