Synonyms:
memorial, commemoration, remembrance
Meaning: a recognition of meritorious service
Synonyms:
commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation
Meaning: a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
Usage examples
Two victories had been gained by the pioneers, and it was felt that they deserved some commemoration.
The materials were taken back to their original site, and a fine marble structure now encloses the precious relics of the birthplace of "the first American," as Lowell calls Lincoln in his great "Commemoration Ode."
I caught much of Georgia's spirit of delight, for I had a vivid recollection of the grand dinner given in commemoration of our very first legally appointed Thanksgiving Day in California; I had only to close my eyes, and in thought would reappear the longest and most bountifully spread table I had ever seen.
At length, when the naval power of the empire was firmly established, Peter conceived the idea of removing this skiff from Moscow to Petersburg, and consecrating it solemnly there as a sort of souvenir to be preserved forever in commemoration of the small beginnings from which all the naval greatness of the empire had sprung.