Recollection

Noun

 * 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
 * ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
 * 1) That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
 * ''One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
 * 1)  (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
 * ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

Synonyms

 * reminiscence
 * remembrance
 * memory.

Derived terms

 * recollective

Related terms

 * recollected

Adjectives for Recollection
nightmare; agreeable; humiliating; delightful; grateful; hateful; glorious; contemptuous; dark; stern; remorseful; vanished importunate; dim; vague; sweet; eternal uneasy; romantic; sudden; simultaneous humbling; distinct; melancholy; painful accurate; faithful; perfect; tangled; livelier; pleasant; dormant; vivid; hazy; blissful; ungracious; cloudy; affectionate.

Verbs for Recollection
attempt—; betray—; crowd—s; drown—; escape—; evade—; hallow—; hinder—; obliterate—; prompt—; seek—; shudder at —; sink into—; stimulate—; stir—; suggest —; urge—; verify—; —dawns; —dims; —fades; —refreshes.

Thesaurus
Mnemosyne, 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, 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

Etymology
Via récollection or the verb recollect, both from  recollectus, the past participle of recolligere:, itself from re- + colligere 'to gather'

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, muistelu, muisteleminen


 * Japanese: ; ;
 * Latin: recordatio


 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Latin: recordatio
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , muistelo


 * Japanese: ; ;
 * Latin: recordatio
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne


 * Latin: recordatio


 * : 記憶 (jìyì, ji4yi4, simplified 记忆)
 * : mémoire