emergence

/ɪˈmɜːrdʒəns/ · noun
 

1. Medicine. The moment a patient begins to wake from anesthesia - the return of consciousness, wakefulness sensation, and self. A quiet transition from darkness into awareness; the first sign that healing is beginning.
 

2. Philosophy. The act of coming forth from darkness into light; the first appearance of morning after night. A metaphor for renewal, possibility, and the beginning of a new chapter after a difficult season.

3. Science. The process by which a complex whole develops new properties, behaviors, or possibilities that its individual parts could not possess alone. What becomes possible when separate parts come together, interact, and form something greater than themselves
 

4. The moment when hope becomes visible.

Synonyms: awakening · arising · renewal · dawn · rebirth · beginning · revival · transformation · unfolding · becoming · hope