noun (n)

• the sound of a bell ringing(noun.event)

  Example:
  The ringing of the telephone.
  The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells.
  

  Synonym:
  ring, tintinnabulation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the giving of a ring as a token of engagement(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy
  

  source: wordnet30