wakening
Emerging from sleep
Wakening is the process of waking up or being roused from sleep.
It functions as both noun and verb form: a gradual wakening, the wakening city.
The word carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality compared to the more common waking, and extends to figurative arousal of awareness or emotion: a wakening of conscience.
State of perceiving reality
- realizationGrasping what's true
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
enlightenment · insight · understanding · mindfulness · clarity · recognition · comprehension · epiphany
Morning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- morningDay's early hours
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- sunupMorning's first light
cockcrow · dawning · horizon · glow · light · early · twilight · sunbeam
Profound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
kundalini · revelation · conversion · epiphany · calling · vision · grace · liberation
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
restoration · renaissance · reawakening · transformation · revitalization · resurrection · rekindling · fresh start
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- realizationGrasping what's true
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
sentience · enlightenment · insight · understanding · mindfulness · clarity · recognition · comprehension · epiphany · coming to
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
sunup · cockcrow · dawning · horizon · glow · light · early · twilight · sunbeam · glimmer
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- illuminationProvision of light
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
bodhi · kundalini · revelation · conversion · epiphany · calling · vision · grace · liberation · nirvana
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
rejuvenation · restoration · renaissance · reawakening · transformation · revitalization · resurrection · rekindling · fresh start · second chance
wakeningfalling asleep
Beginning to slumber
sleeping · drifting off · dozing off · nodding off · slumbering
wakeninglulling
Calming into tranquility
putting to sleep · sedating · tranquilizing · soothing · calming