Associations to the word «Reminiscence»

Wiktionary

REMINISCENCE, noun. An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
REMINISCENCE, noun. A mental image thus remembered.

Dictionary definition

REMINISCENCE, noun. A mental impression retained and recalled from the past.
REMINISCENCE, noun. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.