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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats