Why this word is great
SOVENAUNCE — [Noun] The act or state of remembrance, particularly in a reflective or wistful manner. From Old French souvenance, built on (se) sovenir ("to remember") and the suffix -ance (denoting action or state). Unlike "recollection" (which strains for precision) or "commemoration" (which demands ritual), "sovenaunce" is memory as it drifts unbidden—the scent of rain on hot pavement that transports you to a childhood porch, the weight of an old book in your hands that recalls a voice now silent, or the way a certain slant of light at dusk makes the heart ache for no reason you can name. It is the past, not as history, but as a quiet companion.