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Synonyms & Antonyms of recollection
1
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered
- I have no recollection of ever saying that
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2
the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced
- the gradual recollection of that long-ago romance brought back both happy and painful feelings
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The first known use of recollection was in 1611
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