Definition of "giving" []

• Present participle of give. (verb)
• Having the tendency to give; generous (adjective)
• The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. (noun)
• A gift; a benefaction. (noun)
• The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. (noun)

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• "Neither could the reference have been to “giving” in the simple sense of that word; if they could pluck out their eyes there was no impossibility in merely _giving_ them to the apostle."
• "And what does that child know or care, any more than if I was a common sister, that hadn't been giving up, and giving up, and _giving up_, ever since she was born? ""
• "Now when I hear the term "giving is living," I no longer see it as a cliche."