- commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation - a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
--1 is a kind of ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
Derived forms: verb commemorate1, verb commemorate2 - memorial, commemoration, remembrance - a recognition of meritorious service
--2 is a kind of recognition, credit
--2 has particulars: epitaphDerived form: verb commemorate3