recollection

Plural: recollections

Noun

• the ability to recall past occurrences
• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
• something recalled to the mind
• The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
• The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.
• That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
• The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
• A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.
• Process of collecting again.

Examples

• Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
• From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.
• In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.
• One of his earliest recollections.

Synonyms

anamnesis, recall, remembrance, reminiscence, memory, mind, recollection

Antonyms

forgetfulness, forgetness, lethe, misrecollection, oblivion, obliviousness

Related Words

recollect, recollected