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Recollection - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun recollection

is 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.

recollection

English

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
    • ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
  • (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

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • Process of collecting again.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.