Category:Recollection

Rec`ol*lec"tion (rk`l*lk"shn), n. Etym: [cf. F. récollection.]

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.