# reprobate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹɛpɹəbət/ · frequency rank #75,355

## Definitions
1. Rejected; cast off as worthless.
2. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

## Etymology
First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

## Source
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