awakening

awak·en·ing

(a) waking up
(an) arousing or reviving, as of impulses, religion, etc.

awakening Idioms

the Great Awakening

any of several American movements of religious revival, specif.,

one in the American Colonies from c. 1720 to the time of the Revolution
one in the U.S. in the late 19th & early 20th cent.

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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.

Noun

(plural awakenings)

The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
(figuratively) Being roused into action or activity.

Verb

Present participle of awaken.

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The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour.
He stopped as if awakening from a dream and lifted his head.
In keeping with this, her festivals at Naxos present a double character; the one, full of mourning and sadness, represents her death or abandonment by Theseus, the other, full of joy and revelry, celebrates her awakening from sleep and marriage with Dionysus.
The Baptist cause in New England that had profited so largely from the Great Awakening failed to reap a like harvest from the War of Independence.
And with the decision and tenderness that often come at the moment of awakening, she embraced her friend, but noticing Sonya's look of embarrassment, her own face expressed confusion and suspicion.

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