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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell;

2. severe disapproval;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster] Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and false coin. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment. [1913 Webster]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

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.