Reprobation

Definition: Reprobation

Reprobation

Noun

1. Severe disapproval.

Date "reprobation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	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. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.
	Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.
Impiety	Hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Reprobation

English words defined with "reprobation": Particular Baptist ♦ Reprobacy, Reprobance, Reprobationer, Reprobative. (references)

Specialty definitions using "reprobation": Particularists, Passport ♦ reprobation. (references)

Etymologies containing "reprobation": Reprobance. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Sermons on Election and Reprobation (reference) The Doctrine of Reprobation in the Christian Reformed Church (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
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"Reprobation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reprobation" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "reprobation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		qortim (admonition, chiding, correction, exception, objurgation, observation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, rowing, schooling, scolding, set down, snub, talking to, telling off, twit, wigging). (various references)

Bulgarian		осъждане (assize, condemnation, conviction, crimination, denouncement, denunciation, deprecation, repudiation), порицание (animadversion, castigation, censure, decrial, dispraise, imputation, rebuke, reflection, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, stricture). (various references)

French		réprobation. (various references)

German		Verurteilung (condemnation, conviction, damnation, denunciation, sentence, sentencing). (various references)

Greek		κατάκριση (criticism), αποδοκιμασία (catcall, disapprobation, disapproval, disapproval of, discountenance, hoot). (various references)

Hungarian		kárhoztatás (condemnation, damnation, damning). (various references)

Manx		loghtaghey (arraign, arraignment, fault-finding). (various references)

Pig Latin		eprobationray

Portuguese		repulsão (abhorrence, abomination, horror, repulse, repulsion), reprovação (censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, flunk, plough, plow, reproof), desaprovação (criticism, deprecation, disallowance, disapprobation, disapproval, discouragement, disfavor, disfavour, displeasure). (various references)

Romanian		reprobare, dezaprobare (censure, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disavowal, reflection, slur). (various references)

Russian		порицание (animadversion, blame, censure, decrial, dispraise, reflection, reflexion, reprehension). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		osuda na večno prokletstvo, odbacivanje (disallowance, rejection, repulsion). (various references)

Spanish		reprobación (censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, reproof, reproval). (various references)

Swedish		klander (aspersion, blame, censure, reprehension, reprimand). (various references)

Turkish		lanet (bleeding, curse, cuss, damn, damnation, execration, imprecation, imprecatory, malediction, malison, murrain, peevish, swearword), lânetlenme, hoşgörmeme, ayıplama (blame, condemnation, disapproval, dispraise, reflection, reflexion, reproof, reproval). (various references)

Ukranian		осуд (animadversion, castigation, censure, damnation, disapproval, impeachment), неприйняття (non-acceptance), догана (blame, bobbing, castigation, dressing down, objurgation, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval, rowing, schooling, setdown, snub, telling). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự chê bai (denigration, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, dispraise, odium). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reprobation": reprobations. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Reprobation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reporation, reprocation, reprovation. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "reprobation" (pronounced 'Rep`ro*ba"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: probationer.
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t"
	-1 letter: peroration.
	-2 letters: operation, pretorian, probation, proration.
	-3 letters: abortion, airborne, anterior, atropine, baritone, obtainer, operator, pretrain, priorate, pronator, ratooner, reobtain, roborant, taborine, terrapin.
	-4 letters: aborter, airport, arbiter, atropin, barnier, baronet, bepaint, biotope, biotron, bornite, eobiont, niobate, operant, oration, orbiter, painter, partier, partner, patroon, pertain, pierrot, pointer, pornier, portion, praetor, preriot, printer, probate, pronate, pronota, prorate.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: probationers, reprobations.
	+3 letters: proportionable.
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