remembrance

Meaning

Noun

• The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
• The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
• Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
• That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
• The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.
• Something to be remembered; an admonition, counsel, instruction.

Related

Similar words

• recollection
• reminiscence

Origin

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