reminiscence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reminiscence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reminiscence n a mental impression retained and recalled from the past the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Synonym(s): recall, recollection, reminiscence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reminiscence \Rem`i*nis"cence\ (r?m`?-n?s"sens), n. [F. r[82]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.] 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}.