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
Example Sentences
his reminiscences about the war were painful to hear we wondered whether she could trust her reminiscence of events that happened so long ago
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