sovenance means Memory, remembrance. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SOVENANCE — [Noun] Memory or remembrance, particularly of a reflective or evocative nature. From Old French souvenance ("memory, remembrance"), from the verb sovenir ("to remember"), itself from Latin subvenire ("to come to mind, occur to"), from sub- ("up from below") and venire ("to come"). Unlike recollection, which suggests a deliberate sifting of facts, or mnemonic, which denotes a mere tool for retention, sovenance is the ambient hum of the past, a feeling that rises unbidden. It is the scent of rain on hot pavement that transports you to a childhood summer; the particular weight of silence in a room once filled with conversation; the faint, untranslatable ache left by a melody whose words are forgotten. The past is less a country we visit than a quiet, continuous climate of the mind.
noun
- Memory, remembrance.“worldly sovenance he mustforsay”