karma

noun/ˈkɑrmə/

Frequency rank: #4,898 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

The idea that a person's actions influence their future fortune, especially in Hindu and Buddhist thought.

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Example sentence

She believed that helping strangers would bring good karma back to her in the future.

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