remembrance

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈmɛmbr(ə)ns/

noun

[mass noun]
  • the action of remembering something: a flash of remembrance passed between them
  • the action of remembering the dead: a chapel of remembrance
  • [count noun] a memory or recollection: they exchanged fond remembrances of his gentle ways
  • [count noun] a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone: I went through the papers and remembrances in his drawers

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from remembrer (see remember)