recollection Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the ability to recall past occurrences
remembrance; anamnesis.
noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; reminiscence.
- he has total recall of the episode
noun something recalled to the mind

Cf. F. récollection.

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; memory; as, an event within my recollection.
That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." Macaulay.
The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. Archaic
From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson.
Syn. -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.