reprobation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell
  2. noun severe disapproval

WordNet

Rep`ro*ba"tion noun
Etymology
F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913