Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wakening \Wak"en*ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to
      sleep; an awakening.

   2. (Scots Law) The revival of an action. --Burrill.

            They were too much ashamed to bring any wakening of
            the process against Janet.            --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Waken \Wak"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. pr. {Wakened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wakening}.] [OE. waknen, AS. w[ae]cnan; akin to Goth.
   gawaknan. See {Wake}, v. i.]
   To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

         Early, Turnus wakening with the light.   --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

wakening
     n : the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
         waking up he hated most" [syn: {awakening}, {waking up}]