/ rɪˈmembrəns; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] the act or process of remembering an event in the past or a person who is dead :
A service was held in remembrance of local soldiers killed in the war.
a remembrance service
( formal )
He smiled at the remembrance of their first kiss.
2.
[ C ] ( formal ) an object that causes you to remember sb/sth; a memory of sb/sth :
The cenotaph stands as a remembrance of those killed during the war.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French , from remembrer , from late Latin rememorari call to mind, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin memor mindful.