Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or process of remembering; the state of being remembered. This refers to the mental faculty of recalling past events, people, or things, or the state in which someone or something is held in memory.
   • A memory or recollection. This is a specific instance or thought of something remembered from the past.
   • Something that serves to commemorate or remind; a keepsake or memorial. This is a physical object or action intended to preserve the memory of a person or event.

Examples of Usage

• As the act or state of remembering:
  • The ceremony was held in remembrance of those who lost their lives.
  • The old photograph brought the past back into sharp remembrance.
• As a specific memory:
  • My fondest remembrance of childhood is playing by the lake.
  • He shared a vivid remembrance of his first day at school.
• As a commemorative object:
  • She kept the locket as a remembrance of her grandmother.
  • The statue stands as a permanent remembrance of the poet.

Advanced Usage

• "To have in remembrance": To remember or keep in mind.
  • Please have our agreement in remembrance.
• "To call to remembrance": To cause someone to remember; to recollect.
  • The smell of the sea called to remembrance his childhood holidays.

Variants and Related Words

• Remember (verb): To bring to mind or think of again; to keep in memory.
  • I remember that day clearly.
• Memorial (noun): Something, especially a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.
  • The war memorial is in the town square.

Synonyms

• Memory: The mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, or impressions.
• Recollection: The action or power of recalling something to mind from memory.
• Commemoration: Something that honors and remembers a person or event.

Related Phrases

• In remembrance of: As a way of remembering and showing respect for.
  • A moment of silence was observed in remembrance of the victims.
• Remembrance Day: (Proper noun) A day for commemorating those who have died in wars, particularly observed in Commonwealth countries.

Related Idioms

• "A distant remembrance": A memory that is faint or from the far past.
  • It was only a distant remembrance, like a faded dream.

Noun

1. a recognition of meritorious service
2. the ability to recall past occurrences