Reprobation (-bshn), n.
Etymology: [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for reprobation; he lists it under oath.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.