Waking

Wak´ing

n.	1.	The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
	2.	A watch; a watching. In the fourth waking of the night. - Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).

Noun	1.	waking - the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" Antonyms: sleeping - the state of being asleep
Adj.	1.	waking - marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"