1
often capitalized
: the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence
Each individual is born with karma, the residual from past lives that must be resolved …—
Diane Goldner
Diane Goldner
broadly
: such a force considered as affecting the events of one's life
Claude says, "You reap what you sow." I call this idea karma, that what goes around comes around. —Anthony Walton
Anthony Walton I figured I needed all the good karma I could get if I was serious about winning Noah's heart. —Robin Palmer
Robin Palmer Examples of karma in a Sentence
She believes that helping people produces good karma.
as the site of a string of failed businesses, the building definitely had bad karma
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
So that good karma should be paying off.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The lay community provides for monks and temples, in exchange for the spiritual currency of merit, which is believed to turn into good karma.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
This good karma is believed to produce favorable conditions in this life and the next life, such as attaining wealth or being reborn into a privileged family.
—Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for karma
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“Karma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/karma. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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