awakening
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
awakening (comparative more awakening, superlative most awakening)
- Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
- the awakening city
an awakening discourse
the awakening dawn.
Noun
awakening (plural awakenings)
- The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
- (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
- (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.
- The act of becoming aware of something.
Derived terms
Translations
the act of awaking
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a revival of religion
being roused into action or activity
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Verb
awakening
- present participle and gerund of awaken