EXPOSE

transitive verb (~d; exposing) see: position Date: 15th century 1. to deprive of shelter, protection, or care ; subject to risk from a harmful action or condition , to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence , to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open, 2. to make known ; bring to light (as something shameful), to disclose the faults or crimes of , to cause to be visible or open to view ; display : as, to offer publicly for sale, to exhibit for public veneration, to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player's hand), to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself), see: show ~r noun