1. (n.) Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

2. (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

3. (n.) The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

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