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noun rec·ol·lec·tion \ ˌre-kə-ˈlek-shən \

Definition of recollection

1 a :tranquility of mind

b :religious contemplation

2 a :the action or power of recalling to mind

b :something recalled to the mind

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Examples of recollection in a Sentence

Her recollection of the accident is very different from mine.
She has only a vague recollection of her seventh birthday party.
His novel is largely based on his own recollections of his childhood in the inner city.

Recent Examples of recollection from the Web

A local Arizona newspaper’s recollection of some his worst transgressions had garnered over 136,000 retweets as of Sunday morning.

— benjamin hart, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Reportedly Wanted to Kill Arpaio Investigation Before Conviction," 27 Aug. 2017
The woman woke up fine the next day with no recollection of anything that happened.

— raquel rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Blackout victims at Mexico resorts have little hope of justice," 16 Aug. 2017
To the best of my recollection, in describing the death of European civilization, Murray doesn’t mention Putin once.

— dennis prager, National Review, "My Response to Bret Stephens," 25 July 2017
During a series of speeches on the House of Representatives floor to honor the former Navarre congressman who died last week at age 92, Regula's former colleagues shared their recollections of his 36 years in Congress.

— sabrina eaton, cleveland.com, "Former colleagues honor Ralph Regula on House of Representatives floor," 25 July 2017
With such a vast canvas of memories, the colors and recollection bleed liberally into one another, though some memories surface with greater clarity.

— barry faulkner, Daily Pilot, "Faulkner saying goodbye to Daily Pilot," 20 July 2017
But as the 10th anniversary approaches, some recollections of that day: ____ MARY LYONS, bank branch manager Lyons was working at the Bank of America branch in Cheshire when Hawke-Petit came to withdraw cash.

— Washington Post, "10 years later, shocking home invasion haunts a quiet suburb," 17 July 2017
But as the 10th anniversary approaches, some recollections of that day: ____

— dave collins, The Seattle Times, "10 years later, shocking home invasion haunts a quiet suburb," 16 July 2017
Goldstone also said his recollection of the meeting largely tracked with the account given by the president's son, as outlined in the Sunday statement Trump Jr. released in response to a Times story on the June 2016 meeting.

— Alaska Dispatch News, "Russian government sought to aid Trump’s candidacy, according to email," 11 July 2017

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First Known Use of recollection

1611

recollection Synonyms

Synonyms

anamnesis, recall, memory, remembrance, reminiscence

Related Words

flashback; memento, memorial, reminder, souvenir, token; association

Near Antonyms

amnesia, repression; forgetfulness

Synonym Discussion of recollection

memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence mean the capacity for or the act of remembering, or the thing remembered. memory applies both to the power of remembering and to what is remembered.