Awakening

//əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
  2. 2
    the act of waking wordnet
  3. 3
    A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
  4. 4
    Being roused into action or activity. figuratively

    "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."

  5. 5
    The act of becoming aware of something.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of awaken form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting

    "the awakening city"

Synonyms

All synonyms
arousalawakingdawndisappointmentdisenchantmentdisillusion

Example

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"Life is one awakening after the other."

Etymology

From awaken + -ing.

Related phrases

rude awakeningspiritual awakening

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