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Noun: recollection  `reku'lekshun
  1. The ability to recall past occurrences
    - remembrance, anamnesis
     
  2. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
    - recall, reminiscence
     
  3. Something recalled to the mind

Derived forms: recollections

See also: recollect

Type of: memory, remembering, retention, retentiveness, retentivity

Encyclopedia: Recollection