Giving
Giving , noun
1.
The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2.
A gift; a benefaction. [Rare] — Pope
3.
The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
Upon the first giving of the weather.
His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design.
Collocations (2)
Giving in , a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out , anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.