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reprobate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈreprəˌbāt/,
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reprobates, plural;
  1. Unprincipled (often used as a humorous or affectionate reproach)
    • - a long-missed old reprobate drinking comrade
  2. (in Calvinism) Predestined to damnation

Verb
  1. Express or feel disapproval of
    • - his neighbors reprobated his method of proceeding
Noun
  1. An unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately)

  2. (esp. in Calvinism) A sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation

  1. a person without moral scruples
  2. depraved: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
  3. reject (documents) as invalid
  4. abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
  5. condemn: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
  6. (reprobation) rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell
  7. (reprobation) severe disapproval
  8. (Reprobates) Reprobation, in Christian theology, is a corollary to the Calvinistic doctrine of unconditional election which derives that some of mankind (the elect) are predestined by God for salvation. Therefore, the remainder are left to their fallen nature and eventually to eternal damnation. ...
  9. One rejected by God; a sinful person; An individual with low morals or principles; To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn; Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss; To refuse, set aside; Rejected; cast off as worthless; Rejected by God; damned, sinful; Immoral, having no ...
  10. (Reprobation) Sacramentology is a combination of the Latin word sacramentum meaning "sacred oath" or "sacred place" and the Greek word lo/goj(logos) meaning "word." Sacramentology is the study of the sacraments (divine, covenant ordinances of worship).
  11. (adj.) evil, unprincipled (The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.)
  12. [Jer 6:30; Rom 1:28; 2 Ti 3:8; Titus 1:16] 1. Not enduring proof or trial not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. 2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace. 3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy.
  13. That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer 6:30; Heb 6:8; Gr. adokimos , "rejected"). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (Co1 9:27; Co2 13:5).
  14. A special proceeding to establish the validity of a will previously proved in a foreign country.
  15. Counterfeit, impure. Jeremiah says (6:30), "Reprobate silver shall men call them." So evil men are like spurious coin, "abominable, disobedient, unto every good work reprobate " (Tit. 1:16). ...
  16. Someone who pursues evil rather than good.
  17. rejected as worthless or not standing a test; condemned and foreordained to damnation; morally abandoned, depraved; condemned strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil
  18. (root: disapproved, rejected) Unprincipled; morally depraved; profligate; -n One who is profligate, depraved or wicked.
  19. one who fails to pass a test and is rejected. While the word reprobate only appears in the KJV, it speaks graphically of those whom GOD has rejected and left to their own corruption (Rom. 1:28). ...
  20. One excluded from the covenant of God’s elect.
  21. One who is destined to damnation.