karma

The definition of karma is the destiny that you earn through your actions and behavior.

(noun)

When you behave kindly, this is an example of a situation where you earn good karma that will result in good things happening to you in the future.

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See karma in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Buddhism, Hinduism the totality of a person's actions in any one of the successive states of that person's existence, thought of as determining the fate of the next stage
  2. loosely fate; destiny

Origin: Sans, a deed, act, fate < IE base *kwer-, to make, form > Welsh pryd, shape, time

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See karma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Hinduism & Buddhism The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.
  2. Fate; destiny.
  3. Informal A distinctive aura, atmosphere, or feeling: There's bad karma around the house today.

Origin:

Origin: Sanskrit, deed, action that has consequences, karma; see kwer- in Indo-European roots

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  • karˈmic (-mĭk) adjective

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