astringence

Noun

 * 1) * 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1239: “Good For Him, Really”
 * I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection.
 * I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection.

Noun

 * 1) astringency