"leisuring" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: leisure + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leisure|ing}} leisure + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} leisuring (uncountable)
  1. The spending of time in leisure activities; recreation. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-leisuring-en-noun-xG~X2Duo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing

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          "text": "Whether or not we are under a moral obligation to engage in leisuring is something we shall consider later, but for the moment it is enough to point out that leisuring is one of the ways of using whatever free time we have […]",
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          "ref": "2016, Patricia Snell Herzog, Heather E. Price, American Generosity: Who Gives and Why",
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