recollection

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rec=ol=lec=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

recollection, n. [Cf. F. récollection.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.  [1913 Webster]

  "From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

recollection, n.
1 the act or power of recollecting.
2 a thing recollected.
3 a a person's memory (to the best of my recollection). b the time over which memory extends (happened within my recollection).

Derivative

recollective adj.

Etymology

F recollection or med.L recollectio (as RECOLLECT)

THESAURUS

recollection

Mnemosyne, affect memory, anamnesis, anterograde memory, atavism, collective memory, commitment to memory, computer memory, disk memory, drum memory, emotional response, engram, exercise of memory, flashback, hindsight, impression, information storage, kinesthetic memory, learning by heart, looking back, memoir, memorization, memorizing, memory, memory bank, memory circuit, memory trace, mind, mneme, race memory, recall, recalling, recollecting, reconsideration, reexperiencing, reflection, reliving, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospect, retrospection, review, revival, rote, rote memory, screen memory, skill, souvenir, study, tape memory, verbal response, visual memory, youth

ROGET THESAURUS

recollection

Memory

N memory, remembrance, retention, retentiveness, tenacity, veteris vestigia flammae, tablets of the memory, readiness, reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration, recurrence, flashback, retrospect, retrospection, afterthought, post script, PS, suggestion, prompting, hint, reminder, remembrancer, flapper, memorial, commemoration, note, memo, memorandum, things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia, art of memory, artificial memory, memoria technica, mnemonics, mnemotechnics, phrenotypics, Mnemosyne, prompt-book, crib sheet, cheat sheet, retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection, perfect memory, total recall, celebrity, fame, renown, reputation, remembering, remembered, mindful, reminiscential, retained in the memory, pent up in one's memory, fresh, green, green in remembrance, unforgotten, present to the mind, within one's memory, indelible, uppermost in one's thoughts, memorable, by heart, by rote, without book, memoriter, in memory of, in memoriam, memoria in aeterna, suggestive, manet alta mente repostum, forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit, absens haeres non erit, beatae memoriae, briefly thyself remember, mendacem memorem esse oportet, memory the warder of the brain, parsque est meminisse doloris, to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, vox audita peril littera scripta manet, out of sight, out of mind.