adj. Deserving rebuke or censure: "Few legal codes were as reprehensible as the Jim Crow laws" (Pete Bodo). [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin reprehēnsibilis, from Latin reprehēnsus, past participle of reprehendere, to reprehend; see REPREHEND.] rep′re·hen′si·bili·ty, rep′re·hensi·ble·ness n. rep′re·hensi·bly adv. |
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