present participle and gerund of shrink
Shy and retiring.
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
[…] the silent grief beyond the power of words—the generous consolations of the noble sister—the shrinkings of the poor criminal, and his relapsings into a gentler penitence […]
From shrink + -ing.
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