What does girding mean?
Girding means present participle and gerund of gird.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of gird.
Bossuet thus beautifully addresses the Saviour of the world, when the girdings of his childhood were first untied […]
Use girding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Girding means present participle and gerund of gird.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bossuet thus beautifully addresses the Saviour of the world, when the girdings of his childhood were first untied […]
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