Definitions of Memory

mem·o·ry

noun, plural -ries.

1.the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizingprevious experiences.

2.this faculty as possessed by a particular individual: to have a good memory.

3.the act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts,etc.; remembrance; recollection: to draw from memory.

4.the length of time over which recollection extends: a time within the memory of living persons.

5.a mental impression retained; a recollection: one's earliest memories.

for·get

  verb, -got or ( Archaic ) -gat; -got·ten or -got; -get·ting.

verb (used with object)

1.to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.

2.to omit or neglect unintentionally: I forgot to shut the window before leaving.

3.to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take: to forget one's keys.

4.to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed.

5.to fail to think of; take no note of.

re·pressed

   [ri-prest]  Show IPA

adjective

subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.

truth

   [trooth]  Show IPA

noun, plural truths  [troothz, trooths]  Show IPA.

1.the true  or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

2.conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.

3.a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.

4.the state or character of being true.

5.actuality or actual existence.