awakening

Etymology

awaken + -ing

adj

1. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
   the awakening city an awakening discourse the awakening dawn.

noun

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.
   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. 2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage, page 25
4. The act of becoming aware of something.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of awaken