noun.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; broadly: such a force considered as affecting the events of one's life

• Each individual is born with karma, the residual from past lives that must be resolved …
• Claude says, “You reap what you sow.” I call this idea karma, that what goes around comes around.

noun.a characteristic emanation, aura, or spirit that infuses or vitalizes someone or something

• I figured I needed all the good karma I could get if I was serious about winning Noah's heart.
• … he wrote a book entitled Maverick in which he talked about his drug use and his teammates' karma …