Reproof vs Reprobation - What's the difference?
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The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
(theology) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
Reproof is a related term of reprobation.
As nouns the difference between reproof and reprobation
is that reproof is act or instance of reproving; a rebuke while reprobation is reprobation, disapproval.As a verb reproof
is to proof again.reprobation
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.