remembrance

Universal Words 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. * a chapel / garden of remembrance (= in memory of people who have died) 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. * The group shared their remembrances of life at school.