karma

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After this, I guess Karma had it in for me (not actual "karma" - more like the My Name Is Earl kind of karma).

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  1. noun Hinduism & Buddhism The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.
  2. noun Fate; destiny.
  3. noun Informal A distinctive aura, atmosphere, or feeling: There's bad karma around the house today.

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  1. Sanskrit, deed, action that has consequences, karma; see kwer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Sanskrit karman (nominative karma), act, action, work, fate as the consequence of acts (see def.), from ✓ kar, do, perform, cause, effect: cf. L. creare, create: see create.
 

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/ˈkɑrmə/
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