awakening

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. A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3. (figuratively)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.”

4. The act of becoming aware of something.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of awaken