vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXPOSE (in its various senses); an instance of this.
a. 1612. Donne, Βιαθανατος (1644), 124. These Omissions, and Desertions, and Exposings of our selves.
1627. trans. Bacon’s Life & Death (1638), 51. In wilde Creatures, their Exposing to all weathers, often intercepteth them.
1721. Wodrow Corr. (1843), II. 593. I have nothing but truth and the exposing of tyranny, persecution, and arbitrary power, in my view.
1726. Leoni, trans. Alberti’s Archit., I. 76 a. The exposing of merchandizes to sale.
1732. Berkeley, Alciphr., V. § 12. Their unnatural exposing of their own children.
