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

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Nathaniel Hawthorne