About The Word Remembrance

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Remembrance

Remembrance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Remembrance?
[n] the ability to recall past occurrences
[n] a recognition of meritorious service Synonyms | Synonyms for Remembrance: anamnesis | commemoration | memorial | recollection Related Terms | Find terms related to Remembrance: See Also | credit | epitaph | memory | recognition | retention | retentiveness Remembrance In Webster's Dictionary \Re*mem"brance\ (-brans), n. [OF. remembrance.]
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; admoni??on;
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.
Syn: Recollection; reminiscence. See {Memory}.
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