p.pr. & ·vb.n. of awaken.
2. awakening ·noun the act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. specifically: a revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
3. awakening ·adj rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.