remembrance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of remembering someone or something, especially in their honor.

   A minute of silence was held in remembrance of the soldiers.

2. 2
   noun

   An object that helps you remember a person or event; a memento.

   She kept the ring as a remembrance of her grandmother.

3. 3
   noun

   The ability to recall the past; memory.

   The events happened before my remembrance.

From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.

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