Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exhibition \Ex`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf.
   F. exhibition.]
   1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth
      to view; manifestation; display.

   2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also,
      any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of
      skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an
      exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues,
      etc.; an industrial exhibition.

   3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and
      drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private
      benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

            What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like
            exhibition thou shalt have from me.   --Shak.

            I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my
            days, than to the priests.            --Tyndale.

   4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

Source : WordNet®

exhibition
     n 1: the act of exhibiting; "a remarkable exhibition of
          musicianship"
     2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
        public display [syn: {exposition}, {expo}]