Recollection

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɛkəˈlÉ›kʃən/
• Rhymes: -É›kʃən

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere ("to collect again"), itself from re- + colligere ("to gather").

Full definition of 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." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
4. (archaic) (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.

Synonyms

• reminiscence
• remembrance
• memory.

Derived terms

• recollective

Related terms

• recollected

Pronunciation

- + collection

Noun

1. Process of collecting again.