online medical dictionary | definition of remembrance

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

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

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.

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonion; instruction.

6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

Synonyms: Recollection, reminiscence.

(08 Mar 2000)