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remembrance

[ ri-mem-bruhns ]
/ rɪˈmɛm brəns /
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noun

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Origin of remembrance

1300–50; Middle English <Old French; see remember, -ance

OTHER WORDS FROM remembrance

non·re·mem·brance, noun

Words nearby remembrance

remediless, remedy, remember, Remember the Alamo!, Remember the Maine, remembrance, Remembrance Day, Remembrance of Things Past, remembrancer, Remembrance Sunday, remex
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Words related to remembrance

reminiscence, memorial, commemoration, memento, reminder, regard, afterthought, recall, flash, mind, thought, reconstruction, hindsight, flashback, recognition, retrospect, anamnesis, trophy, relic, keepsake

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British Dictionary definitions for remembrance

remembrance
/ (rɪˈmɛmbrəns) /

noun

the act of remembering or state of being remembered
something that is remembered; reminiscence
a memento or keepsake
the extent in time of one's power of recollection
  1. the act of honouring some past event, person, etc
  2. (as modifier)a remembrance service
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