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Definition of: reprobate
(rep′rə·bāt) adjective
1. Abandoned in sin; lost to all sense of duty; utterly depraved; profligate.
2. Abandoned to punishment; condemned.
3. Obs. Not enduring proof or trial; inferior or base.
—noun One lost to all sense of duty or decency; one abandoned to depravity or doom.
—v.t. ·bat·ed, ·bat·ing
1. To disapprove of heartily; condemn.
2. Theol. To abandon, condemn, or foreordain to damnation. See synonyms under BLAME, CONDEMN. [<LL reprobatus, pp. of reprobare. See REPROVE.]
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