See Also: Miscarriage(medicine)
Miscarriage(health)
miscarriage(dictionary)
miscarriage(encyclopedia)
miscarriage(dictionary)
MISCARRIAGE, med(law)
miscarriage of justice(dictionary)
MISCARRIAGE, contracts, torts(law)

repent (oh) and miscarriage (iou)


repent (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: repentir, from pentir 'to be sorry']
to be sorry for something and wish you had not done it - used especially when considering your actions in a religious way
repent of
::He repented of his sins before he died.

miscarriage (iou)



miscarriage noun. L16.
[from MISCARRY + -AGE.]
a. Misconduct, misbehaviour. L16-L17.
b. A misdemeanour, a misdeed. M17-E19.
Mismanagement, maladministration; failure (of an enterprise etc.); a blunder, a mistake. Now rare exc. in miscarriage of justice below. E17.
miscarriage of justice a failure of the judicial system to attain the ends of justice.
b. Mishap, disaster. Only in 18.
The action of giving birth with loss of the foetus, esp. in the period before a live birth is possible; an instance of this; spec. a spontaneous abortion. M17.
A. N. Wilson Bessie became pregnant again..but had a miscarriage.
The failure of a letter, freight, etc., to reach its destination. M17.