— vulnerability, vulnerableness , n. — vulnerably , adv.
/vul"neuhr euh beuhl/ , adj.
1. capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
2. open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.: an argument vulnerable to refutation; He is vulnerable to bribery.
3. (of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend: a vulnerable bridge.
4. Bridge. having won one of the games of a rubber.
[ 1595-1605; vulnerabilis, equiv. to L vulnera ( re ) to wound + -bilis -BLE; see VULNERARY ]