remembrance

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.

In classic literature

Synonyms

recollection, anamnesis

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