reminiscence Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; recollection.
- he has total recall of the episode

F. réminiscence, L. reminiscentia.

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.
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.