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recollection
noun rec·ol·lec·tion \ˌre-kə-ˈlek-shən\
: the act of remembering something or the ability to remember something
: something from the past that is remembered
Full Definition of RECOLLECTION
1
a : tranquillity of mind b : religious contemplation
2
a : the action or power of recalling to mind b : something recalled to the mind
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First Known Use of RECOLLECTION
1624
Related to RECOLLECTION
- Synonyms
- anamnesis, recall, memory, remembrance, reminiscence
Synonym Discussion of RECOLLECTION
memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence mean the capacity for or the act of remembering, or the thing remembered. memory applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered <gifted with a remarkable memory> <that incident was now just a distant memory>. remembrance applies to the act of remembering or the fact of being remembered <any remembrance of his deceased wife was painful>. recollection adds an implication of consciously bringing back to mind often with some effort <after a moment's recollection he produced the name>. reminiscence suggests the recalling of usually pleasant incidents, experiences, or feelings from a remote past <my grandmother's reminiscences of her Iowa girlhood>.
Rhymes with RECOLLECTION
by-election, circumspection, conic section, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, fuel injection, genuflection, golden section, imperfection, indirection, insurrection, intellection, interjection, intersection, introjection, introspection, kin selection, misdirection, predilection, preselection, redirection, reelection, reinfection, resurrection, retroflexion, retrospection, self-reflection, stage direction, vivisection, yeast infection
RECOLLECTION Defined for Kids
recollection
noun rec·ol·lec·tion \ˌre-kə-ˈlek-shən\
Definition of RECOLLECTION for Kids
1
: the act or power of remembering : memory <a good recollection>
2
: something remembered <recollections of childhood>
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