Why this word is great
PERPESSION — [Noun] A state of suffering or hardship, specifically one that is endured with steadfast fortitude. From the Latin perpessio, from perpeti, perpessus ("to bear steadfastly"), itself from per- ("through, thoroughly") + pati ("to suffer, endure"). Unlike "suffering," which denotes the raw fact of pain, or "forbearance," which suggests a conscious restraint, perpession is the condition of being under the weight, the very atmosphere of endured hardship. It is the unflinching gaze at a sick child's bedside, the migrant's unbroken stride across an unrelenting desert, or the slow, deliberate breath drawn against a tide of grief—the quiet geology of a spirit that refuses to define itself by its fractures.