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reprobation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reprobation n : severe disapproval From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: REPROBATION, n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation.
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