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miscarriage
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1
accidental birth of a fetus (a baby before it is born) before the proper time, whereby the fetus does not survive:
Sadly, Yvonne had a miscarriage last year when she was four months pregnant.
2
an injustice, a wrong done to s.o.:
He was innocent, but sent to jail in a miscarriage of justice.
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