recollection

See also: re-collection

English

Etymology 1

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable, plural recollections)

  1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory
    Synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance
  2. 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.
  3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
    One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  4. (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.
  5. (Philippines) A spiritual retreat.
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Etymology 2

re- +‎ collection

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable, plural recollections)

  1. Process of collecting again.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for recollection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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