recollection

See also: re-collection

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable, plural recollections)

  1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
    Synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance
  2. 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. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
    One of his earliest recollections.
    - Thomas Babington Macaulay
  4. (archaic or Catholicism) 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) A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.
Alternative forms
  • (collecting or concentrating the mind): re-collection
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Etymology 2

re- +‎ collection

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable, plural recollections)

  1. Process of collecting again.
Alternative forms
  • re-collection

References
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