Thesaurus: reminiscence

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1. n. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
2. n. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.
3. n. a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
4. n. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
5. 1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory. The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but confusedly remembered. South. I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is long since I saw you. Sir W. Scott. 2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences. Syn. -- Remembrance; recollection. See Memory.
6. n:100 n. a mental impression retained and recalled from the past