Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Giving \Giv"ing\, n.
   1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

   2. A gift; a benefaction. [R.] --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.