Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Karma

Karma , noun

[Sanskrit]

1.
(Buddhism, Hinduism) One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence.
2.
(Theos.) 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.
3.
One's destiny; fate.
4.
(Mysticism) The supposed non-physical emanations that a person gives off, which may affect other people; vibrations.