an exposure to warm or fresh air, for the purpose of ventilating or removing dampness from something

somebody had given the place a thorough airing

a public expression of an opinion or subject

these are ideas I feel might be worth an airing

express (an opinion or grievance) publicly

a meeting in which long-standing grievances were aired

expose (a room) to the open air in order to ventilate it

the window sashes were lifted regularly to air the room