recollection
noun/ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/
Etymology From re- + collection.
1
Process of collecting again.
recollection
noun/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/
Etymology 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”).
1
Usually The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
2
Usually 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
Usually That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
- One of his earliest recollections.
- Now, at almost 90, he is hale and hearty, full of recollections, and retains a keen interest in life—a truly remarkable character and a great gentleman of the footplate.1959 April 23, L. H. Leedham, “A Veteran of the M.S.L.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 279:
4
Catholicism, Christianity Archaic, Usually The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
- From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.
- In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.
5
Catholicism, Christianity Usually A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.
- Synonyms
- reminiscence, remembrance, memory, mind, recall, recollection
- Antonyms
- lethe, misrecollection, forgetfulness, forgetness, oblivion, obliviousness
- Derived terms
- misrecollection, nonrecollection, pseudorecollection, recollective
- Related terms
- recollect, recollected