Category:Reprobation

Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b`shn), n. Etym: [f. réprobation, or l. reprobatio.]

1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong Disapproval or censure. The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an Increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming Reprobation. Jeffrey. Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. Dryden.

2. (theol.)

Defn: the predestination of a certain number of the human race as Reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment.