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   Re·mem·brance

   /rəˈmembrəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of remembering something: "a flash of understanding or remembrance passed between them"
   • ▪ the action of remembering the dead, especially in a ceremony: "I decided to sell poppies in remembrance of those who died" Similar commemorationmemoryrecognition
   • ▪ a memory or recollection: "the remembrance of her visit came back with startling clarity" Similar recollectionreminiscencenostalgiarememberingrecallingrecollectingreminiscingtechnical:anamnesismemoryrecollectionreminiscenceecho from the pastmental imagethought
   • ▪ a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone: "I went through the papers and remembrances in his drawers" Similar mementoreminderkeepsakesouvenirtokencommemorationmemorialrelicsomething to remember someone byarchaic:remembrancer

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from remembrer (see remember).

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