anamnesis

noun5

1. •
   The ability to recall past events; recollection.
2. •
   The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.

   • There are also reasons for thinking that Socratic anamnesis, inquiry and learning are quite unlike anamnesis, inquiry and learning as ordinarily understood. — 1990
3. •
   A patient's account of their medical history.
4. •
   The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
5. •
   (rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.