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remembrance

remembrance

14 3.9
The ability to remember people, events, or information
  • noun
  • /rɪˈmɛmbrəns/
translation icon : memoria
  • She lives in my remembrance.
  • constant remembrance
  • remembrance of the past
  • curse of constant remembrance

That's a pretty good remembrance of what what we did.

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Examples

  • What brought these remembrances to mind, in August, alone in this farmhouse, upstate?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • She often reflects on her childhood in remembrance of happier times.

  • And I need to send this remembrance to my wife.

  • I have a remembrance I wish to return to you.

  • Do this in remembrance of me.

  • The return is sweet with remembrance, along with a little sorrow for the loss of innocence.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Her own vivid works of imagination and remembrance will not be forgotten by countless readers around the world.

  • The book I ended up re-reading compulsively was Zweig's remembrance of the city of his youth.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We gathered to share our stories in remembrance of those who have passed away.

  • The ceremony included a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of the disaster.

Synonyms

memory
vsremembrance
628 2.8

Ability to store and remember information, experiences, and skills

is narrower in focus covering retrieval of past events not the storage process
recollection
vsremembrance
116 3.8

A memory of something from the past or the act of remembering it

refers to the general ability to recall many past events rather than one
retention
vsremembrance
11 4.6

Ability to remember information or past events

focuses on retrieving past events rather than just holding them
retentiveness
vsremembrance
6.8

How well a person remembers facts or past events

emphasizes recalling past events rather than focusing on long storage
retentivity
vsremembrance
  • Specialized
8.6

The ability to remember and keep information or past experiences

stresses recalling past experiences more than the keeping power
anamnesis
vsremembrance
9.9

The ability to remember events from the past

is the general ability to recall broadly rather than a single act

Antonyms

11 3.5

A habit of not remembering things like names or keys

Compounds

A day to remember and honor people or events from the past

1 3.2

A day near November 11 when people remember soldiers who died in war

Sunday closest to November 11 when people in the UK and some other countries remember those who died in wars

How Strong

retention
11 4.6
remembrance
14 3.9
recollection
116 3.8
forgetfulness
11 3.5
memory loss
40 3.4

Surface Forms

remembrance singular
remembrances plural

Morphology

remembrance = remember (transparent) = remember + ance

A straightforward nominalization: 'remembrance' denotes the act or faculty of remembering derived directly from the verb 'remember'.

Etymology

The word remembrance comes from the parts re- 'again' and memor 'mindful', the same root as memory and remember. So remembrance can mean the act or power of bringing something back into your mind, your ability to remember, or a memory itself.