What does "recollection" mean?
Recollection: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." Macaulay.
- 3.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. See Memory.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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