Definition of "plight"
- noun
Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
- verb
To expose to risk; to pledge.
Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
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