Remembrance
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shakespeare. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. Shakespeare. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.
Example sentence: The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
Memorial
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or eventA service of remembrance or commemorationIn law: a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative
Example sentence: The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.