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memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence mean the capacity for or the act of remembering, or the thing remembered. memory applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered.

- gifted with a remarkable memory
- that incident was now just a distant memory

remembrance applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being remembered.

- any remembrance of his deceased wife was painful

recollection adds an implication of consciously bringing back to mind often with some effort.

- after a moment's recollection he produced the name

reminiscence suggests the recalling of usually pleasant incidents, experiences, or feelings from a remote past.

- my grandmother's reminiscences of her Iowa girlhood

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