Exposure \Ex*po"sure\ (?;135), n. [From Expose.]

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.

The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. --Macaulay.

2. The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold, to inconvenience.

When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure. --Shak.

3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. ``Under a southern exposure.'' --Evelyn.

The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. --Sir. W. Scott.

4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)