| Reminiscence 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. Thesaurus Entries anamnesis, anecdotes, commitment to memory, exercise of memory, flashback, hindsight, learning by heart, looking back, memoir, memoirs, memories, memorization, memorizing, memory, recall, recalling, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration, reexperiencing, reflection, reflections, reliving, remembering, remembrance, retrospect, retrospection, review, revival, rote, rote memory, study, youth |