Giv″ing (?), n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
2. A gift; a benefaction. Pope.
3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. “Upon the first giving of the weather.” Addison.
Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. — Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.
His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. Shak.