karma

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: kar=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

karma, n. [Skr.].

•  One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.  [1913 Webster]
•  The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect, especially the principle by which a person is rewarded or punished in a subsequent incarnation for deeds in the previous incarnation; the theory of inevitable consequence.  [1913 Webster]
•  One's destiny; fate.  [PJC]
•  The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

karma, n. Buddhism & Hinduism 1 the sum of a person's actions in previous states of existence, viewed as deciding his or her fate in future existences.
2 destiny.

Derivative

karmic adj.

Etymology

Skr., = action, fate

ROGET THESAURUS

karma

Right

N right, what ought to be, what should be, fitness, summum jus, justice, equity, equitableness, propriety, fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis, Astraea, Nemesis, Themis, scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma, suum cuique, clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field, morals, law, honor, virtue, right, good, just, reasonable, fit, equal, equable, equatable, evenhanded, fair, legitimate, justifiable, rightful, as it should be, as it ought to be, lawful deserved, rightly, +a bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason, without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons, upon even terms, Int, all right!, fair's fair, Dieu et mon droit, in equal scale weighing delight and dole, justitia cuum cuique distribuit, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, justitia virtutem regina, thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.