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recollection

/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/noun4 syllables

Recollection means: the ability to recall past occurrences.

Synonyms for recollection6

noun, as in the ability to recall past occurrences

remembrance, anamnesis

noun, as in the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

recall, reminiscence

also used for recollection

memory, mind

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What does recollection mean?3

noun

1

the ability to recall past occurrences

2

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)“he has total recall of the episode”

3

something recalled to the mind

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with recollection?29

two syllables

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Recollection in a sentence

  • At the mere recollection of this, courage came into his heart.Miktsoanit
  • I have a faint recollection of the event.CM
  • I have no recollection of seeing the man.CK
  • I have a vivid recollection of that instant.Hybrid
  • She had no recollection of how she got there.Hybrid
  • He had no recollection of how he got there.Hybrid
  • I have a vague recollection of doing that.CM
  • I don't have any recollection of what happened.AlanF_US

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Forms of recollection

as a noun

plural
recollections