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Definition of Remembrance
1. Noun. The ability to recall past occurrences.
Generic synonyms: Memory, Retention, Retentiveness, Retentivity
Derivative terms: Anamnestic, Remember, Remember, Remember, Remember, Remember
2. Noun. A recognition of meritorious service.
Specialized synonyms: Epitaph, Festschrift
Generic synonyms: Credit, Recognition
Derivative terms: Commemorate, Memorialize, Remember, Remember
Definition of Remembrance
1. n. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Definition of Remembrance
1. Noun. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. ¹
3. Noun. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. ¹
4. Noun. 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. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. ¹
6. Noun. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Remembrance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Remembrance
1. 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. 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. 5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonion; instruction. 6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. Synonym: Recollection, reminiscence. (08 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Remembrance
Literary usage of Remembrance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"... and call those things again to remembrance for thy edification and comfort.
Now they began to go down the hill into the Valley of Humiliation. ..."
2. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"17:14. will utterly put out the remembrance of Deu 25:19. thou shalt blot out
the remembrance of 32:26. make the remembrance of them to cease Est. 9:28. nor ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring
you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in ..."
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