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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Reprobatio(u)n, -acioun, n. [Late ME reprobacioun reproof, shame (once, 1436), e.m.E. = a legal objection (c1485), rejection (1532), late L. reprobātiōn-, n. of action f. reprobāre Reprobat(e v. Cf. F. réprobation (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Rejection by God. ‘Opposed to election in the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination’ (OED).1490 Irland Mir. II 145/24.
The reprobacioun of the creatur is the wil and purpos of God that knawis the syn and iniquite of the man … that will euir perseueir in syn a1680 Blair Autob. 87.
The matter [of the disputation] was the decree of reprobation, and he to oppugn
2. Censure; blame; condemnation.c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS 216a/12.
Wa wirthi wycht suld set his appetyt To reid sic rollis of reprobatioun 1598 James VI Minor Prose 64/8.
Yea, after God had declared his reprobation vnto him, yet he desisted not
3. The action of raising objections to a witness or his testimony.1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i xxix 5 (1678) 296.
Which conclusion could not take place, if the reprobation of witnesses by witnesses were not sustained 1681 Stair Inst. (1681) Form of Process 43.
The Lords will supersede to advise the testimonies … till the reprobation be first advised
