EXPOSEDNESS
Ex*pos"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
EXPOSER
Ex*pos"er, n.
Defn: One who exposes or discloses.
EXPOSITION
Ex`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf.
F. exposition. See Expound.]
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. Shak.
3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]
EXPOSITIVE
Ex*pos"i*tive, a.