Miscarriage /(?)/

Mis·car·riage

Miscarriage

n.
  1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination; as, a serious miscarriage of justice.
    When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince.
  2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.
  3. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the fetus; spontaneous abortion.