reawakening

Coming back alive

Reawakening is the process of waking again or being roused back to awareness after a period of dormancy.

The word usually applies to abstract things rather than literal sleep: a reawakening of interest, of faith, of old feelings.

It suggests something that was once alive, went quiet, and has now stirred back to life: The trip sparked a reawakening of her childhood passion for painting.

resurgence

revival

Return after decline

renewal · regeneration · restoration · reemergence · reinvigoration · rekindling · recovery · rebirth · resuscitation · reactivation

spiritual

enlightenment

Profound spiritual awakening

illumination · gnosis · consciousness · awareness · realization · transcendence · mindfulness · meditation · dharma · bodhi

seasonal

spring

Recoiling metal spiral

vernal · equinox · greenery · renewal · emergence · warming · migration · nesting · crocus · daffodil

personal

stirring

Arousing strong emotion

dawning · emergence · quickening · animation · enlivenment · rejuvenation · refreshment · invigoration · rediscovery · reconnection

Categories
Opposites
revival/renewal vs. decline/decay

reawakeningdecline

Decrease or refuse

decay · deterioration · dying out · fading · waning

consciousness/awareness vs. unconsciousness/dormancy

reawakeningfalling asleep

Beginning to slumber

eternal sleep · dormancy · oblivion · death · extinction

Family

reawakenings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G