Both Uses of
reprobate
in
The Mill on the Floss
- He knew there were people in St. Ogg's who made a show without money to support it, and he had always heard such people spoken of by his own friends with contempt and reprobation.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- At last he seated himself again, and said, looking at Maggie,— "Your prompting to go to your nearest friends,—to remain where all the ties of your life have been formed,—is a true prompting, to which the Church in its original constitution and discipline responds, opening its arms to the penitent, watching over its children to the last; never abandoning them until they are hopelessly reprobate.†
Chpt 7.2 *
Definitions:
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(reprobation as in: she fears their reprobation) expression of criticism
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(reprobate as in: the reprobate lied) an unprincipled or immoral person -- sometimes used affectionately