meaning of accident

1. Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without ones foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
2.
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
3.
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
4.
A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
5.
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
6.
Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
7.
Unusual appearance or effect.
8.
anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause


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