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[ rek-uh-lek-shuhn ] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recollection ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance. something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood. Origin of recollection1635–45; <French récollection or Medieval Latin recollēctiōn- (stem of recollēctiō), equivalent to recollēct(us) (see recollect) + -iōn--ion SYNONYMS FOR recollection1 recall. 1, 2 memory. 2 memoir. SEE SYNONYMS FOR recollection ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM recollectionmis·rec·ol·lec·tion, nounnon·rec·ol·lec·tion, nounself-rec·ol·lec·tion, nounWords nearby recollectionrecoil escapement, recoilless, recoil-operated, recollect, recollected, recollection, récolte, recombinant, recombinant DNA, recombinant DNA technology, recombinase Definition for recollection (2 of 2)[ ree-kuh-lek-shuhn ] / ˌri kəˈlɛk ʃən /
nounthe act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected. Origin of re-collectionFirst recorded in 1590–1600; re- + collection Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recollectionIn that way, it’s helpful for recollection to render the memory of an event malleable, so that it may be integrated with the present. You can’t completely trust your memories|David Linden|September 30, 2020|Popular Science The act of recollection allows us to mentally time travel to a past event, and this allows us to imagine a future as well as a past. You can’t completely trust your memories|David Linden|September 30, 2020|Popular Science I’ve known Burns for a long time, and told her my recollection was she had always opposed quotas. Are diversity quotas a punishment for failure?|Alan Murray|September 29, 2020|Fortune No wonder we have a feeling of recollection on such evenings. What the Meadow Teaches Us - Issue 90: Something Green|Andreas Weber|September 16, 2020|Nautilus
Goldsmith and Aguirre both said they had no recollection of any attempts to repeal the law. SDPD Says it Will Stop Enforcing Seditious Language Law|Kate Nucci|August 17, 2020|Voice of San Diego I had no memory of the other two, and that information was used to discredit my recollection of what had happened to me. I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST She woke up and realized she had no recollection of the past several hours. How Bill Cosby Allegedly Silenced His Accusers Through A Tabloid Smear Campaign|Marlow Stern|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Twenty-six years later, Su Meck is still learning about the family she raised and the husband she has no recollection of marrying. The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Sept. 22-28, 2014|John Boot|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whose first recollection of sexual arousal was watching Jackie Earle Haley in Bad News Bears. Speed Read: Lena Dunham’s Most Shocking Confessions From ‘Not That Kind of Girl’|Kevin Fallon|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST “My recollection is that Governor Romney sent the National Guard in within 24 hours,” he says. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Shows Us How Not to Govern|Eleanor Clift|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The recollection of a certain fact, not known to all Speckport as it was to him, rushed upon his memory. A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming And his recollection was that Marina was with you at that time. Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy "It must have been done—when I—struck against that tree," he added, apparently taxing his recollection. Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood In no one case in my recollection do they exceed 10 per cent. Constructive Imperialism|Viscount Milner The recollection of a fall he once had, when his skate caught on a stone, still lingers in the district. A Critic in Pall Mall|Oscar Wilde
British Dictionary definitions for recollection
nounthe act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember something remembered; a memory Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to recollectionreminiscence, memory, remembrance, memoir, recall, retrospection, anamnesis |