Rep`ro*ba"tion (-b?`sh?n), n. [F.
réprobation, 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.