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Meaning of REPREHENSIBLE

Pronunciation:  `repri'hensubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
 
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 Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, wrong
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rep`re*hen"si*ble\ (-h?n"s?-b'l), a. [L.
reprehensibilis: cf. F. r['e]pr['e]hensible.]
Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable. --
{Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {Rep`re*hen"si*bly}, adv.
 

 

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