(1):
(n.) The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man.
(2):
(n.) The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands.
(3):
(n.) The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong.
(4):
(n.) Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory.
(5):
(n.) The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.
(6):
(n.) A memorial.