EXPLOITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exploitation mean? 

• EXPLOITATION (noun)
  The noun EXPLOITATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

2. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

  Familiarity information: EXPLOITATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPLOITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

development; exploitation

Context example:

the exploitation of copper deposits

Hypernyms ("exploitation" is a kind of...):

employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization (the act of using)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exploitation"):

land development (making an area of land more useful)

water development; water program; water project (making an area of water more useful)

overexploitation; overuse; overutilisation; overutilization (exploitation to the point of diminishing returns)

capitalisation; capitalization (the act of capitalizing on an opportunity)

commercialisation; commercialization (the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce)

electrification (the act of providing electricity)

unitisation; unitization (the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies)

Derivation:

exploit (use or manipulate to one's advantage)

exploit (draw from; make good use of)

exploit (work excessively hard)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exploitation; using; victimisation; victimization

Context example:

paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization

Hypernyms ("exploitation" is a kind of...):

mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exploitation"):

blaxploitation (the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies))

sexploitation (the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material)

colonialism (exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country)

Derivation:

exploit (use or manipulate to one's advantage)

 Context examples 

But Messner did not believe. He remembered her facility in changing front. She had changed front now. It was exploitation by indirection.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“So the greater honeyguide is a master of deception and exploitation as well as cooperation – a proper Jekyll and Hyde of the bird world.”

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of grandiose beliefs and arrogant behavior together with an overwhelming need for admiration and a lack of empathy for (and even exploitation of) others.

(Narcissistic Personality Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit- making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)