- memorial, commemoration, remembrance - a recognition of meritorious service
--1 is a kind of recognition, credit
--1 has particulars: epitaphDerived form: verb memorialize2 - memorial - a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
--2 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
- memorial, monument - a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
--3 is a kind of structure, construction
--3 has particulars:Derived form: verb memorialize2 - memorial, monument - a structure erected to commemorate persons or events