[f. prec. + -NESS.] The state or condition of being exposed.
1620. Bp. Hall, Hon. Marr. Clergie, I. § 23. 127. The exposednesse of that Citie to sale.
a. 1665. J. Goodwin, Filled w. the Spirit (1867), 191. An exposedness unto trouble.
c. 1741. Brainerd, in Edwards, Life, i. (1851), 5. Showed me so plainly my exposedness to damnation.
1863. J. G. Murphy, Comm. Gen. xi. 25. Shame implies … an exposedness to the searching eye of a condemning judge.
