Other forms: remembrances
Remembrance is the act of keeping somebody in memory. In remembrance of, Remembrance Day, a service of remembrance.
It is deliberate rather than automatic: remembrance is something done, which is why it takes services, poppies and silences. In Britain, Remembrance Sunday falls nearest the eleventh of November and marks the end of the First World War.
1nounremembranceThe act of keeping somebody in memory.
“She planted a tree in the garden in remembrance of her late husband.”
remembrance is an act.
Old French remembrance comes from Latin rememorari, to call to mind, from memor, mindful.
Latin
rememorārī — to call to mind, to remember
Old French
remembrance
Middle English
remembraunce
English, today
remembrance
Built from
From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + ance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA