Promising

Full definition of promising

Adjective

1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

Verb

1. Present participle of promise

Noun

1. The act of making a promise.
• 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".