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recollection

Syllabification: (rec·ol·lec·tion)

Pronunciation: /ˌrekəˈlekSHən/

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Definition of recollection

noun

the action or faculty of remembering something:to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him
a thing recollected; a memory:a biography based on his wife’s recollections
Philosophy (in Platonic thought) anamnesis.

Derivatives

recollective

Origin:

late 16th century (denoting gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere 'gather again' (see recollect¹)