accident

noun

1. 1

   An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.

   “to die by an accident”

2. 2

   Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.

   “My insurance went up after the second accident in three months.”

3. 3

   Any chance event.

4. 4

   Chance.

5. 5

   Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.

   “Beauty is an accident.”

6. 6

   An instance of incontinence.

7. 7

   An unintended pregnancy.

8. 8

   A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.

9. 9

   (grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.

10. 10

    An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.

11. 11

    A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.

12. 12

    A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

13. 13

    Casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.

14. 14

    Appearance, manifestation.