Added 9 October 2026
recollection
/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/ noun
In Latin: recordatio, recordatus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about recollection at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
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The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.
Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
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That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
One of his earliest recollections.
noun
- Process of collecting again.
Origin
Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).
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