The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
displaying to public view.

The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or
meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the
sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence,
a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.

Situation or position with reference to direction of
view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an
easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.

A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and
artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.