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pre·de·ter·mine
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fatalism
the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm. -
fatally
in a manner leading to death or disaster: He was injured fatally in the accident. -
karma
Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti (def 1), jnana. -
malice aforethought
a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder). -
predetermine
to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.