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Etymology
OF. remembrance.

Noun
remembrance (plural: remembrances)

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.

1. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

#: This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope.

1. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.
2. 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.

1. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. [Obs.] Shak.
2. 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.

Synonyms
recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

Translations
Chinese: �� (jìyì, ji4yi4, simplified 记�)
Japanese: �� (���, kioku)
Turkish: anma, anı

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