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.

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