remembrance
Americannoun
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a retained mental impression; memory.
- Synonyms:
- reminiscence, recollection
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the act or fact of remembering.
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the power or faculty of remembering.
- Synonyms:
- memory
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the length of time over which recollection or memory extends.
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the state of being remembered; commemoration.
to hold someone's name in remembrance.
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something that serves to bring to mind or keep in mind some place, person, event, etc.; memento.
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a gift given as a token of love or friendship.
I sent her a small remembrance on Mother's Day.
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remembrances, greetings; respects.
noun
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the act of remembering or state of being remembered
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something that is remembered; reminiscence
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a memento or keepsake
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the extent in time of one's power of recollection
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the act of honouring some past event, person, etc
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( as modifier )
a remembrance service
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Other Word Forms
- nonremembrance noun
Etymology
Origin of remembrance
Example Sentences
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Koch has spent more than 25 years around Apollo veterans through a scholarship foundation and Nasa remembrance events, and says that what the former astronauts have really taught her is camaraderie.
From BBC
"It is important to create a remembrance culture that doesn't just doesn't cherry-pick certain chapters of a country's history."
From BBC
On social media, dozens of people posted remembrances of their encounters with Acuña, relationships he prided himself in maintaining over the decades.
From Los Angeles Times
Train workers were staging a 24-hour strike on Monday in what their union called "an act of collective remembrance, protest and democratic vigilance".
From Barron's
From next month new ashes will not be allowed to be buried in historic areas of the gardens of remembrance at Margam Crematorium.
From BBC
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