Definition of reprobate Reprobate

/ɹɛˈpɹɔbejt/ - [reprobeyt] - rep•ro•bate

We found 20 definitions of reprobate from 5 different sources.

What does reprobate mean?

Noun Plural: reprobates
reprobate - a person without moral scruples
		miscreant
		offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law
		degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
		scapegrace, black sheep a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
Verb reprobates, reprobating, reprobated
reprobate - abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
		sentence, doom, condemn pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
		theological system, theology the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
reprobate - reject (documents) as invalid
		approbate accept (documents) as valid
		reject refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
reprobate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
		condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate
		denounce speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"

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reprobate (a.)
Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
reprobate (a.)
Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
reprobate (a.)
Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.
reprobate (n.)
One morally abandoned and lost.
reprobate (v. t.)
To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
reprobate (v. t.)
To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.