Definition of plight Plight

/plajˈt/ - [playt] - plight

We found 26 definitions of plight from 6 different sources.

What does plight mean?

Noun Plural: plights
plight - a solemn pledge of fidelity
		troth
		assurance, pledge freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
plight - a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
		predicament, quandary
		difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
		care activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
		box, corner a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"

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plight (Noun)
Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
plight (Noun)
An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
plight (Noun)
Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
plight (Noun)
One's office; duty; charge.
plight (Noun)
That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
plight (Noun)
A dire or unfortunate situation.
plight (Noun)
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
plight (Verb)
To expose to risk; to pledge.
plight (Verb)
Specifically, to pledge one's troth etc. as part of a marriage ceremony.
plight (Verb)
To promise oneself to someone, or to do something.
plight (Verb)
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

plight
imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.
plight
imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
plight (v. t.)
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
plight (n.)
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
plight (n.)
That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
plight (n.)
Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
plight (n.)
To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods.
plight (n.)
To promise; to engage; to betroth.

plight
plīt, n. something exposed to risk: security: pledge: engagement: promise.—v.t. to pledge: to promise solemnly: to give as security.—n. Plight′er, one who, or that which, plights. [A.S. pliht, risk, danger—plión, to imperil; cog. with Dut. pligt, Ger. pflicht, an obligation.]
plight
plīt, n. condition: state (either good or bad). [O. Fr. plite—L. plicitus, plicāre, to fold.]
plight
plīt, v.t. to plait, to braid, to weave.—n. (Spens.) a plait, a fold. [L. plectĕre, freq. of plicäre, to fold.]