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Hubilancehyoo-buh-luhns

n. The quiet poignance of your own responsibility for someone, with a mix of pride and fear and love and humility--feeling a baby fall asleep on your chest, or driving at night surrounded by loved ones fast asleep, who trust you implicitly with their lives--a responsibility that wasn't talked about or assigned to you, it was assumed to be yours without question.

Etymology

From hub, the central part of the wheel that bears the weight + jubilance.

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