Associations to the word «Awakening»

Wiktionary

AWAKENING, adjective. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
AWAKENING, noun. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
AWAKENING, noun. (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
AWAKENING, noun. (figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
AWAKENING, verb. Present participle of awaken

Dictionary definition

AWAKENING, noun. The act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope