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'''Reprobation''', in [[Christian theology]], is a doctrine which teaches that a person can reject the gospel to a point where [[God in Christianity | God]] in turn rejects them and curses their [[conscience]]. The [[English language|English]] word ''reprobate'' is from the [[Latin]] [[Root (linguistics)|root]] ''probare'' (''English'': prove, test), which gives the Latin participle ''reprobatus'' (reproved, condemned), the opposite of ''approbatus'' (commended, approved). The doctrine is first found in Jeremiah 6:30, but also found in many passages of scripture such as Romans 1:20-28, 2 Corinthians 13:5-6, Proverbs 1:23-33, John 12:37-41, and Hebrews 6:4-8.

Some in the Christian community will link reprobation directly with the [[unforgivable sin]].

In Christian doctrine, when a [[sin]]ner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving of conscience for particularly vile acts, it is considered a sign of reprobation. The doctrine does not stipulate that because of a reprobates' wicked deeds that God will not save them, but rather that God has effectively permanently withdrawn his offer of [[Salvation in Christianity | salvation]] by giving them over to a seared conscience, and now they are a reprobate capable of willingly committing these certain sins not common among mankind.