The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SIGHING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does SIGHING mean?
SIGHING verb- To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- To lament; to grieve.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- To make a sound like sighing.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- The utterance of a sigh.