Jeremiah knew it was because in the West, murder was not always considered reprehensible.

Cursed are those who are guilty of actions which, though not forbidden, are considered reprehensible.

Cal had taken unto himself the action he considered most reprehensible: the parasitic consumption of the blood of other animals.

Representations of the human form are frowned on, he said: women dancing, or performing in front of men is considered reprehensible.

Some financially able recruits had used the bounty system to buy their way out of service (called commutation), which he considered reprehensible.

Or unprovoked theft, a crime I consider particularly reprehensible.

In this country, such practices are not considered particularly reprehensible.

And conversely it must be considered reprehensible to withhold healthy children from the nation.

We have a current example right now, with the banning of imports of hormonized meat into the European Union, which is considered reprehensible.