REMEMBRANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does remembrance mean?
• REMEMBRANCE (noun)
The noun REMEMBRANCE has 2 senses:
1. the ability to recall past occurrences
2. a recognition of meritorious service
Familiarity information: REMEMBRANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REMEMBRANCE (noun)
Meaning:
The ability to recall past occurrences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
recollection; remembrance; anamnesis
Hypernyms ("remembrance" is a kind of...):
memory; retention; retentiveness; retentivity (the power of retaining and recalling past experience)
Meaning:
A recognition of meritorious service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
memorial; commemoration; remembrance
Hypernyms ("remembrance" is a kind of...):
credit; recognition (approval)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remembrance"):
epitaph (a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person)
