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memory
Part of speech: NounThat faculty of the mind by which it keeps the knowledge of occurrences, facts, thoughts, etc., which are a part of the past, and recalls them; a particular oxperience remembered; as, he was lost in memories of his youth; the range of time within which past happenings are remembered; as, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant; the subject of remembrance; as, his youthful ideals were but memories to him.
Usage examples "memory":- As for Esther, I confess that she was now no more to me than a pleasant memory. - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
- The justice of his administration was such that the memory of it still lives." - "The Negro", W.E.B. Du Bois.
- If it were possible to love him better- if I could honour his memory more than I do now, I would, because of the evil you have spoken of my dead! - "The Dop Doctor", Clotilde Inez Mary Graves.