Memento

Definitions

A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.

Equivalents

Examples

“I kept the shell as a memento of my visit⟳ to the seashore.”

“In conclusion, I would remark⟳ that the great railway stations of London deserve⟳ to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone.”

“Many hospitals have⟳ not taken simple steps to lessen⟳ the distress and confusion which dementia sufferers' often feel⟳ on being somewhere so unfamiliar – such as making signs large and easy to read⟳, using colour schemes to help⟳ patients find⟳ their way around unfamiliar wards and not putting family mementoes such as photographs nearby.”

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