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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.

The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

Failure. [Obs.]

to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.

A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

liar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. -- Myx`o*dem"a*tous (#), a., Myx`o*dem"ic (#), a.

tention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy. To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton.

Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

Failure to be admitted.

Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.

Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.

Failure to arrive.

A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.

A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

Neglect or failure of communion.

Lack of completion; failure to complete.

Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.

The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.