Telling (8)
I believe the answer is:
relating
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">telling</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(relating is a kind of telling)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for relating that I've seen before include "Telling, narrating" , "Rendering" , "Connecting things in thought or meaning" , "account" , "Narrating, recounting" .)