Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reminiscence"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reminiscence \Rem`i*nis"cence\ (r?m`?-n?s"sens), n. [F.
r['e]miniscence, L. reminiscentia.]
1. The act or power of recalling past experience; the state
of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

The other part of memory, called reminiscence, which
is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or
but confusedly remembered. --South.

I forgive your want of reminiscence, since it is
long since I saw you. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement
or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as,
pleasing or painful reminiscences.

Syn: Remembrance; recollection. See {Memory}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reminiscence
n 1: a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
2: the process of remembering (especially the process of
recovering information by mental effort) [syn: {recall}, {recollection}]

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