Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A·wak·en·ing·ly, adv.

A·wak·en·ing
n.

The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy