karma
noun/ˈkɑːmə/
/ˈkɑːrmə/
[uncountable]- (in Buddhism and Hinduism) the sum of somebody’s good and bad actions in one of their lives, believed to decide what will happen to them in the next lifeTopics Religion and festivalsc2
- good/bad karma (informal) the good/bad effect of doing a particular thing, being in a particular place, etc.
- Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma.
Word Originfrom Sanskrit karman ‘action, effect, fate’.
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