recollection
the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.
Origin of recollection
1Other words for recollection
Other words from recollection
- mis·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun
- non·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun
- self-rec·ol·lec·tion, noun
Words Nearby recollection
Other definitions for re-collection (2 of 2)
the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
Origin of re-collection
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How to use recollection in a sentence
The act of recollection allows us to mentally time travel to a past event, and this allows us to imagine a future as well as a past.
In that way, it’s helpful for recollection to render the memory of an event malleable, so that it may be integrated with the present.
I’ve known Burns for a long time, and told her my recollection was she had always opposed quotas.
No wonder we have a feeling of recollection on such evenings.
What the Meadow Teaches Us - Issue 90: Something Green | Andreas Weber | September 16, 2020 | NautilusGoldsmith and Aguirre both said they had no recollection of any attempts to repeal the law.
SDPD Says it Will Stop Enforcing Seditious Language Law | Kate Nucci | August 17, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
It opens with Huckabee's dramatic recollection of going through security at the airport.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner! | Olivia Nuzzi | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI had no memory of the other two, and that information was used to discredit my recollection of what had happened to me.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe woke up and realized she had no recollection of the past several hours.
How Bill Cosby Allegedly Silenced His Accusers Through A Tabloid Smear Campaign | Marlow Stern | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwenty-six years later, Su Meck is still learning about the family she raised and the husband she has no recollection of marrying.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Sept. 22-28, 2014 | John Boot | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhose first recollection of sexual arousal was watching Jackie Earle Haley in Bad News Bears.
Speed Read: Lena Dunham’s Most Shocking Confessions From ‘Not That Kind of Girl’ | Kevin Fallon | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are unquestionably penitent now; but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensThat evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyMy earliest recollection in connection with railways is my first railway journey, which took place when I was four years of age.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe cannot live; and the doctor says that neither speech nor recollection can return before he dies.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuFor many a day afterwards my cheek glowed with pleasure at the recollection of that sweet obeisance.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for recollection
/ (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən) /
the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember
something remembered; a memory
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