■ adjective
1》 exposed to the risk of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
2》 Bridge (of a partnership) liable to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards a rubber.
Derivatives
vulnerability noun ( plural vulnerabilities ).
~ness noun
vulnerably adverb
Origin
C17: from late L. vulnerabilis , from L. vulnerare 'to wound'.