remembrance
noun /rɪˈmem.brəns/ formalDefinition
› [U] the act of remembering and showing respect for someone who has died or a past event: A church service was held in remembrance of the victims.Memory and memoriesRemembering people who have died › [C usually plural] a memory of something that happened in the past: fond/sweet/personal remembrancesMemory and memoriesRemembering people who have died
(Definition of remembrance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- corporate memory noun
- dim adjective (NOT CLEAR)
- flash back phrasal verb
- from memory idiom
- ghost noun (MEMORY)
- haunting adjective
- live (on) in the memory idiom
- long memory noun
- memory noun (ABILITY TO REMEMBER)
- memory noun (EVENT REMEMBERED)
- nostalgia noun
- nostalgic adjective
- off the top of your head idiom
- recall noun (REMEMBERING)
- reminiscence noun
- retentive adjective
- to the best of my recollection idiom
- within living memory idiom
- within your memory idiom
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