reprobation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

reprobation
    n 1: rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal
         misery in Hell
    2: severe disapproval

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Reprobation \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.
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            The profligate pretenses upon which he was
            perpetually soliciting an increase of his
            disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming
            reprobation.                          --Jeffrey.
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            Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and
            false coin.                           --Dryden.
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   2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the
      human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and
      punishment.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

REPROBATION, n.  In theology, the state of a luckless mortal
prenatally damned.  The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin,
whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his
conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are
predestined to salvation.

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

REPROBATION, eccl. law. The propounding exceptions either against facts, 
persons or things; as, to allege that certain deeds or instruments have not 
been duly and lawfully executed; or that certain persons are such that they 
are incompetent as witnesses; or that certain things ought not for legal 
reasons to be admitted.