remembrance

Meanings

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
4. Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
5. The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.
6. Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.

1. To remember; to recall to mind.

Etymology

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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