n.1 a display (esp. public) of works of art, industrial products, etc.
2 the act or an instance of exhibiting; the state of being exhibited.
3 Brit. a scholarship, esp. from the funds of a school, college, etc.
Phrases and idioms:
make an exhibition of oneself behave so as to appear ridiculous or foolish.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL exhibitio -onis (as EXHIBIT)