recollection

[ rek-uh-lek-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.

  2. something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.

Origin of recollection

1
1635–45; <French récollection or Medieval Latin recollēctiōn- (stem of recollēctiō), equivalent to recollēct(us) (see recollect) + -iōn--ion

Other 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

Other definitions for re-collection (2 of 2)

re-collection
[ ree-kuh-lek-shuhn ]

noun
  1. the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.

Origin of re-collection

2
First recorded in 1590–1600; re- + collection

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How to use recollection in a sentence

  • recollection (which is really a re-collection of percepts) must precede Representation in the shape of mental images or pictures.

    Thought-Culture | William Walker Atkinson
  • The date of this collection, or probably re-collection of the burgh laws, is 1470.

    Archaeological Essays Vol. 2 | James Y. Simpson
  • The rest I have overhauled, and included in this re-collection.

    Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses | John Kendall (AKA Dum-Dum)

British Dictionary definitions for recollection

recollection

/ (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember

  2. something remembered; a memory

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