remembrance

1 the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: recollection, anamnesis]

2 a recognition of meritorious service [syn: memorial, commemoration]

English

Etymology

remembrance.

Noun

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

   Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton.

   Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison.

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

   This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope.

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.
4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

   And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser.

   Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak.

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. [Obs.] Shak.
6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

   Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. Milton.

Synonyms

• recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

Translations

• Chinese: 記憶 (jìyì, ji4yi4, simplified 记忆)
• Japanese: 記憶 (きおく, kioku)
• Turkish: anma, anı

Remembrance is the act of remembering, the ability to remember or a memorial. It may refer to:

• Remembrance Day, a commemorative day
• Remembrance (USA band), a Christian metalcore band
• Remembrance (band), a funeral doom metal band from France, Lille
  • Remembrance (TV series), a Hong Kong TVB show.

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