remembrance

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something to be remembered; an admonition, counsel, instruction.

Verb

To remember; to recall to mind.

Synonyms

memory

recollection

reminiscence

souvenir

commemoration

recall

keepsake

memorial

memento

reminder

token

mind

recognition

anamnesis

remembering

retention

memories

thought

💭

subconcious

tradition

memoire

parting gift

aftereffect

recollectiou

celebration

🎉

collection

evisceration

evocation

example

hindsight

looking back

recalling

reciting

reference

retentiveness

retrospect

retrospection

story

study

testimonial

Translations

recuerdo

Erinnerung

memoria

memoria

ricordo

souvenir

Andenken

recordatio

mémoire

memoria

Gedächtnis

recordatori

Gedenken

aandenken

ανάμνηση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪ.ˈmɛm.bɹəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: remembraunce

In summary

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.