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Definition of exposition : 1. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris of 1878.
2. 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.
3. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
4. 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.

Synonyms:

article, instruction, commentary, discussion, disquisition, theory, explication, enunciation, exhibit, roadshow, composition, editorial, interpretation, description, construction, enucleation, exegesis, gloss, expository, story, analysis, tale, translation, white paper, paper, illumination, annotation, trade show, elucidation, expounding, rendering, treatise, review, illustration, display, fair, expo, explanation, definition, tract, exhibition, viewing, explain, decipherment, critique, discourse, clarification, delineation, road map, play-by-play, comment, private showing, piece, outline, show, report, study

issue, assertion, opinion, contention, dissertation, text, problem, premise, theme, argument, topic, axiom, consideration, subject, belief, theorem, concept, paradigm, question, assumption, point, basis, principle, essay, thesis, inference, matter, hypothesis, statement, idea, presumption, conjecture, position, query, postulation, motif

Usage examples:

• Not a word, and much less an exposition of morality, of conscience, of virtue, of holiness, of the condition and destiny of man. - "Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ", Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D..
• On the other hand, an exclusive power of removal by the President was defended as a true exposition of the text of the Constitution. - "History-of-the-Impeachment-of-Andrew-Johnson-President-of-the-United-States-by-the-House-of-Representatives-and-his-trial-by-the-Senate-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-in-office-1868", Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson).
• The Universal Exposition held at Paris during the past summer has been attended by large numbers of our citizens. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.