Noun commemoration has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. memorial, commemoration, remembrance - a recognition of meritorious service
    --2 is a kind of recognition, credit
    --2 has particulars: epitaph
    Derived form: verb commemorate3
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