Mischance

Noun

 * 1) Bad luck, misfortune.
 * 2) *1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, V.2:
 * But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen.
 * 1) A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.
 * 2) *1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
 * He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances [...].

Thesaurus
accident, adversity, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision, contretemps, crack-up, crash, disaster, grief, ill hap, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, nasty blow, pileup, shipwreck, shock, smash, smashup, staggering blow, tragedy, wreck

Etymology
From meschance:,  meschance:, meschaunce:.

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