expose

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1. expose - Noun

2. expose - Verb

Meaning

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

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It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies. Noam Chomsky

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. Desmond Tutu

A performing masquerade who tries too hard to outclass his colleagues may expose his anus. Nigerian Proverb

De higher monkey climb de more him expose. Jamaican Proverb

The higher the monkey climbs the more him expose. Jamaican Proverb

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