Definitions from Wiktionary (plight)

▸ noun:  A dire or unfortunate situation.
▸ noun:  (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Good health.
▸ noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
▸ noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
▸ noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
▸ noun:  (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
▸ noun:  (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
▸ verb:  (transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
▸ verb:  (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

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