'Recollection' definitions:
Definition of 'recollection'
(from WordNet)
noun
The ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance, recollection, anamnesis]
noun
The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" [syn: recall, recollection, reminiscence]
noun
Something recalled to the mind
Definition of 'Recollection'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. --Robertson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recollection'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect memory,
- anamnesis,
- anterograde memory,
- atavism,
- collective memory,
- commitment to memory,
- computer memory,
- disk memory,
- drum memory,
- emotional response,
- engram,
- exercise of memory,
- flashback,
- hindsight,
- impression,
- information storage,
- kinesthetic memory,
- learning by heart,
- looking back,
- memoir,
- memorization,
- memorizing,
- memory,
- memory bank,
- memory circuit,
- memory trace,
- mind,
- mneme,
- Mnemosyne,
- race memory,
- recall,
- recalling,
- recollecting,
- reconsideration,
- reexperiencing,
- reflection,
- reliving,
- remembering,
- remembrance,
- reminiscence,
- retrospect,
- retrospection,
- review,
- revival,
- rote,
- rote memory,
- screen memory,
- skill,
- souvenir,
- study,
- tape memory,
- verbal response,
- visual memory,
- youth