suspiration means the act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “suspiration” is a great word
SUSPIRATION — [Noun] The act of sighing or fetching a deep breath. A learned borrowing from Latin suspīrātiō, suspīrātiōnem ("sighing"), from the verb suspīrāre ("to sigh"). First attested in English in the early 15th century. Unlike "respiration" (which denotes the sustained, biological process of breathing) or "exhalation" (which describes a neutral, mechanical breath out), suspiration is breath made semantic—a single, punctuating draft of air freighted with feeling. It is the weary cloud that escapes a lover at a train station, the audible resignation of a scholar closing a heavy tome, and the long, slow release of a tension held for years—the body's quiet, phonetic translation of the soul.
noun
- The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).“nor windy suspiration of forced breath”