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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person without moral scruples;
[syn: reprobate, miscreant]


VERB (3)

1. reject (documents) as invalid;

2. abandon to eternal damnation;
- Example: "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"

3. express strong disapproval of;
- Example: "We condemn the racism in South Africa"
- Example: "These ideas were reprobated"
[syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good;
- Example: "depraved criminals"
- Example: "a perverted sense of loyalty"
- Example: "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
[syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
   reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]
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   1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
      fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
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            Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
            Lord hath rejected them.              --Jer. vi. 30.
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   2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
      lost; given up to vice; depraved.
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            And strength, and art, are easily outdone
            By spirits reprobate.                 --Milton.
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   3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
      reprobate conduct. "Reprobate desire." --Shak.
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   Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
        profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n.
   One morally abandoned and lost.
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         I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
         traitor to the king.                     --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated
   (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
   1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
      dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
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            Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
            of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
            appears.                              --Ayliffe.
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            Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
            them, was reprobated by the other.    --Macaulay.
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   2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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   Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reprobate
    adj 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" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted,
           reprobate]
    n 1: a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate,
         miscreant]
    v 1: reject (documents) as invalid [ant: approbate]
    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" [syn: condemn,
       reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]