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reprobation

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reprobation \Rep`ro*ba"tion\ (-b?`sh?n), n. [F. r['e]probation,
   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.) The predestination of a certain number of the
      human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and
      punishment.

Source : WordNet®

reprobation
     n 1: rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal
          misery in hell
     2: severe disapproval
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