Remembrance

01 n. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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.
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.]
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.