Remembrance
WordNet

noun


(1)   The ability to recall past occurrences
(2)   A recognition of meritorious service
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
    Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. John Milton..
    Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Joseph Addison.
  2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.
    This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Alexander Pope.
  3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shakespeare.
  4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
    And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Edmund Spenser.
    Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake.
  5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. Shakespeare.
  6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.
    Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. John Milton.
 
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