n. | 1. | The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt. |
2. | The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; | |
3. | Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. | |
4. | (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light. |