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    reprobate

    reprobate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word reprobate

    Definition
    (noun) a person without moral scruples
    Synonyms : miscreant
    Definition
    (verb) reject (documents) as invalid Definition
    (verb) abandon to eternal damnation
    Example Sentence
    • God reprobated the unrepenting sinner
    Definition
    (verb) express strong disapproval of
    Synonyms : condemn , decry , excoriate , objurgate
    Example Sentence
    • We condemn the racism in South Africa
    • These ideas were reprobated
    Definition
    (adj) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
    Synonyms : depraved , perverse , perverted
    Example Sentence
    • depraved criminals
    • a perverted sense of loyalty
    • the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reprobate

reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values.

reprobate is a person who has no probity

rape+rob+ate...change ate to eat...a person does unscrupulous things like this...hardened in sin..rep-rob-ate

one "reinstated in probation". i.e., morally corrupt person.

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rep + pro + bait = he is a repeated "pro" or "professional" in baiting or luring others immorally

re-probate: Even after REpeated PROBATions, he remained a MORALLY CORRUPT PERSON!

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