\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.
         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.