pleasuring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of pleasure

noun

1. An act of giving (sometimes sexual) pleasure.

   “He is the declared enemy of all living by reflex action, of all that is done betwixt sleep and waking, of all the pleasureless pleasurings and imaginary duties in which we coin away our hearts and fritter invaluable years.”