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remembrance

[ri-mem-bruhns]
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noun
  1. a retained mental impression; memory.
  2. the act or fact of remembering.
  3. the power or faculty of remembering.
  4. the length of time over which recollection or memory extends.
  5. the state of being remembered; commemoration: to hold someone's name in remembrance.
  6. something that serves to bring to mind or keep in mind some place, person, event, etc.; memento.
  7. a gift given as a token of love or friendship: I sent her a small remembrance on Mother's Day.
  8. remembrances, greetings; respects.

Origin of remembrance

1300–50; Middle English < Old French; see remember, -ance
Related formsnon·re·mem·brance, noun

Synonyms for remembrance

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1. recollection, reminiscence. 3. memory. 6. keepsake, trophy, souvenir, token, memorial.
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Related Words for remembrance

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

Examples from the Web for remembrance

Contemporary Examples of remembrance

Historical Examples of remembrance

  • When you return, you will find a trifling token of remembrance for yourself and Philothea.

    Philothea

    Lydia Maria Child

  • You were our only child; named Artaminta, in remembrance of my mother.

    Philothea

    Lydia Maria Child

  • The mighty man of Kittery has a double claim to remembrance.

    Biographical Sketches

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Old people have a remembrance of a foot of snow which lasted for a week.

  • He spoke of his mother, he really threatened his father by the remembrance of the dead.

    The Dream

    Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for remembrance

remembrance

noun
  1. the act of remembering or state of being remembered
  2. something that is remembered; reminiscence
  3. a memento or keepsake
  4. 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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Word Origin and History for remembrance
n.

c.1300, "a memory, recollection," from Old French remembrance (11c.), from remembrer (see remember). From late 14c. as "consideration, reflection; present consciousness of a past event; store of personal experiences available to recollection, capacity to recall the past." Also late 14c. as "memento, keepsake, souvenir," and "a commemoration, remembering, ritual of commemoration." Meaning "faculty of memory, capability of remembering" is early 15c.

British Remembrance Day, the Sunday nearest Nov. 11 (originally in memory of the dead of World War I) is attested from 1921. A remembrancer (early 15c.) was a royal official of the Exchequer tasked with recording and collecting debts due to the Crown; hence also, figuratively "Death" (late 15c.).

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