RECOLLECTION

recollection

Noun

  1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
  2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
    ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
  3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
    ''One of his earliest recollections." - .
  4. (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
    ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Process of collecting again.


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