recollection

[ rek-uh-lek-shuhn ]
/ ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən /

noun

the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.

Origin of recollection

1635–45; < French récollection or Medieval Latin recollēctiōn- (stem of recollēctiō), equivalent to recollēct(us) (see recollect) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR recollection

1 recall.
1, 2 memory.
2 memoir.

OTHER WORDS FROM recollection

mis·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun non·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun self-rec·ol·lec·tion, noun

Words nearby recollection

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British Dictionary definitions for misrecollection

recollection
/ (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən) /

noun

the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember
something remembered; a memory