recollection : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recollection	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for recollection
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recollection n the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance, recollection, anamnesis] the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Synonym(s): recall, recollection, reminiscence something recalled to the mind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recollection \Rec`ollec"tion\ (r?k`?ll?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]collection.] 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. [bd]One of his earliest recollections.[b8] --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}.