Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Addison
His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. — Shakespeare
Collocations (2)
Giving in , a falling inwards; a collapse.
Giving out , anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.