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   Rem·i·nis·cence

   /ˌreməˈnis(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator: "his reminiscences of his early days in Washington"
   • ▪ the enjoyable recollection of past events: "his story made me smile in reminiscence"
   • ▪ a collection in literary form of incidents and experiences that someone remembers.
   • ▪ a characteristic of one thing reminding or suggestive of another: "his first works are too full of reminiscences of earlier poetry"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting the action of remembering): from late Latin reminiscentia, from Latin reminisci ‘remember’.

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