John, Duke of Argyle, the patriotic reprobater of French modes

M. Noble, Cont. of Granger's Biograph. Hist., III. 490. reprobation (rep-rō-bā'shon), n . [ repro bation , F. réprobation = Sp. repro bac i on = Pg. reprovação = It. riprovazione, rep rob azione , reprobatio ( n- ), rejection, reprobation, repro bare , pp. repro bat us , reject, reprobate: see reprobate .] 1. The act of reprobating, or of vehemently disapproving or condemning. reproduction 2. The state of being reprobated; condemnation; censure; rejection. You are empowered to put your stamp on all that ought to pa for current, and set a brand of reprobation on clipt poetry and false coin. Dryden.