reprobation Definition

reprobate
noun

1. An immoral unprincipled person.

Thesaurus: villain, wrongdoer, rogue, rascal, degenerate, miscreant, evildoer, outcast, pariah, wretch, wastrel, sinner, scoundrel, rake, knave.
2. Christianity.
Someone rejected by God.

adj

1. Immoral and unprincipled.

Thesaurus: sinful, degenerate, corrupt, damned, unprincipled, immoral, depraved, hardened, incorrigible, abandoned, base, bad, shameless, wicked, dissolute; Antonym: upright.
2. Rejected or condemned.

verb reprobated, reprobating

1a. To disapprove of someone;
1b. To censure something.
2. Said of God: to reject or condemn (a person).

Derivative: reprobacy
noun

Derivative: reprobation
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin reprobatus disapproved of, from probare to approve.