\Re*mem"brance\ (-brans), n. [OF. remembrance.]
1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to
   mind; recollection.
         Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage.
                                               --Milton.
         Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail.
                                               --Addison.
2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory;
   recollection.
         This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. --Pope.
3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
   --Shak.
4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial;
   a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of
   something to be remembered.
         And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear
         remembrance of his dying Lord.        --Spenser.
         Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. --Shak.
5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni??on;
   instruction. [Obs.] --Shak.
6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period
   over which one's memory extends.
         Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my
         remembrance.                          --Milton.
Syn: Recollection; reminiscence. See {Memory}.