Text: 1 the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced<a photographic memory makes taking tests entirely too easy>Synonymsmind, recollection, remembrance, reminiscenceRelated Wordscontemplation, musing, reflection, retrospection, thinking; awareness, cognizance, consciousness; apprehension, comprehension, understandingNear Antonymsforgetfulness 2 a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered<I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three>Synonymsrecall, recollection, remembrance, reminiscenceRelated Wordsflashback; memento, memorial, reminder, souvenir, token; association 3 the body of knowledge that has been retained in oneʼs mind or the use of it<a blow to the head made her temporarily lose her memory>— see heart 2

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