Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Reminiscence

Reminiscence (r?m`?-n?s"sens) , noun

[French réminiscence, Latin 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.