vulnerability









vulnerability


adjective

  1. capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  2. open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.: an argument vulnerable to refutation; He is vulnerable to bribery.
  3. (of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend: a vulnerable bridge.
  4. Bridge. having won one of the games of a rubber.

adjective

  1. capable of being physically or emotionally wounded or hurt
  2. open to temptation, persuasion, censure, etc
  3. liable or exposed to disease, disaster, etc
  4. military liable or exposed to attack
  5. bridge (of a side who have won one game towards rubber) subject to increased bonuses or penalties
adj.

c.1600, from Late Latin vulnerabilis “wounding,” from Latin vulnerare “to wound,” from vulnus (genitive vulneris) “wound,” perhaps related to vellere “pluck, to tear.”

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