miscarriage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun failure of a plan
    abortion.
  2. noun a natural loss of the products of conception
    spontaneous abortion; stillbirth.

WordNet

Mis*car"riage noun
Definitions
  1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.
    When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden.
  2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.
  3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Webster 1913