Associations to the word «Miscarriage»

Wiktionary

MISCARRIAGE, noun. (now rare except in miscarriage of justice) A failure; a mistake or error. [from 16th c.]
MISCARRIAGE, noun. The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, noun. An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.

Dictionary definition

MISCARRIAGE, noun. Failure of a plan.
MISCARRIAGE, noun. A natural loss of the products of conception.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley