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Exposure

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.

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Broader term 20

Abandonment 76% connected

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

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Aspect 76% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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Danger 76% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Demonstration 76% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Desertion 76% connected

The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully…

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Disclosure 76% connected

The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

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Forsaking 76% connected

of Forsake

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Panorama 76% connected

A complete view in every direction.

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Photography 76% connected

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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Presentation 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Presentment 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation.

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Prospect 76% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Revealing 76% connected

of Reveal

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Revelation 76% connected

The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Vista 76% connected

A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or o…

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Vulnerability 76% connected

The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

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Narrower term 22

Blueprint 76% connected

See under Print.

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Daguerreotype 76% connected

An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or i…

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Enlargement 76% connected

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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Expose 76% connected

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.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Glossy 76% connected

Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

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Holograph 76% connected

A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

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Magnification 76% connected

The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

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Micrograph 76% connected

An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

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Monochrome 76% connected

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

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Mosaic 76% connected

A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.

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Photomicrograph 76% connected

An enlarged or macroscopic photograph of a microscopic object. See Microphotograph.

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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Radiograph 76% connected

A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the…

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Repudiation 76% connected

The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Shot 76% connected

of Shoot

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Solarization 76% connected

Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.

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Still 76% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Vignette 76% connected

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

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Windage 76% connected

The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

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Derivationally related 14

Display 74% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Display 74% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Expose 74% connected

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.

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Expose 74% connected

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.

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Photograph 74% connected

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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Photograph 74% connected

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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Photography 74% connected

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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Photography 74% connected

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

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Vulnerable 74% connected

Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.

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Vulnerable 74% connected

Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.

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Synonym 5

Photo 92% connected

A contraction of Photograph.

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Photograph 92% connected

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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Pic 92% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 92% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Vulnerability 92% connected

The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.

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Risk 84% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

risk vocabulary 55% interchangeable

The extent to which something is vulnerable to loss.

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