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Recollection - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Recollection : (noun)
1: the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance,
anamnesis]
2: the process of remembering (especially the process of
recovering information by mental effort); "he has total
recall of the episode" [syn: recall, reminiscence]
3: something recalled to the mind
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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]
Based on such an education Charles contracted habits of
gravity and recollection. --Robertson.
Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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