n 1  :  the fact or condition of being exposed: as  a  :  the condition of being unprotected esp. from severe weather <the hiker died of after becoming lost during the snowstorm>   b  :  the condition of being subject to some detrimental effect or harmful condition <repeated to bronchial irritants>  <risk to the flu>  <benign skin discolorations caused by sun -Katie Tyndall>   2  :  the act or an instance of exposing - see INDECENT EXPOSURE  .
 
 
 
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