Reprobation
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Reprobation, in Christian doctrine, is the inverse of pre-ordination to salvation; it is instead a state of being pre-ordained to damnation.
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From the Latin reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.
1. The act of rejecting with detestation, or of expressing extreme dislike.
2. The act of abandoning or state of being abandoned to eternal destruction.
In Calvinist theology, when a sinner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving of conscience, it is considered as a sign of reprobation.
3. A condemnatory sentence; rejection.