awakening

awaken +‎ -ing

• IPA^(key): /əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/

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awakening (comparative more awakening, superlative most awakening)

1. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

   the awakening city
   an awakening discourse
   the awakening dawn.

awakening (plural awakenings)

1. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
2. (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3. (figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
   • 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage, page 25:

     When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening.

4. The act of becoming aware of something.

awakening

1. present participle and gerund of awaken