Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recollection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recollection \Rec`ol*lec"tion\ (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]collection.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind;
reminiscence. ``One of his earliest recollections.''
--Macaulay.
4. 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recollection
n 1: the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: {remembrance},
{anamnesis}]
2: the process of remembering (especially the process of
recovering information by mental effort) [syn: {recall}, {reminiscence}]
3: something recalled to the mind
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