Recollection \Rec`ol*lec"tion\ (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
   r['e]collection.]
   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.
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   2. 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.
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   3. That which is recollected; something called to mind;
      reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections."
      --Macaulay.
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   4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the
      mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic]
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            From such an education Charles contracted habits of
            gravity and recollection.             --Robertson.
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   Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.
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	recollection
     n 1: the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance,
          anamnesis]
     2: the process of remembering (especially the process of
        recovering information by mental effort); "he has total
        recall of the episode" [syn: recall, reminiscence]
     3: something recalled to the mind

	

	54 Moby Thesaurus words for "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