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reprobative

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rep⋅ro⋅ba⋅tive

  [rep-ruh-bey-tiv]
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–adjective
reprobating; expressing reprobation.
Origin:
1825–35; reprobate + -ive

Related forms:
rep⋅ro⋅ba⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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rep·ro·bate   (rěp'rə-bāt')   
n.  

  1. A morally unprincipled person.

  2. One who is predestined to damnation.

adj.  

  1. Morally unprincipled; shameless.

  2. Rejected by God and without hope of salvation.

tr.v.   rep·ro·bat·ed, rep·ro·bat·ing, rep·ro·bates

  1. To disapprove of; condemn.

  2. To abandon to eternal damnation. Used of God.


[From Middle English, condemned, from Late Latin reprobātus, past participle of reprobāre, to reprove : Latin re-, opposite; see re- + Latin probāre, to approve; see prove.]
rep'ro·ba'tion n., rep'ro·ba'tive adj.
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