recollection

Noun

Meaning

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.

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.

That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.

The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

remembrance reminiscence memory recall anamnesis memorial mnemosyne mind review recognition reflection remember impression retention reminiscent
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Antonyms

nirvana mistake repression amnesia fugue oblivion
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Hypernyms

memory retention remembering retentivity retentiveness

Hyponyms

mind reconstruction reproduction regurgitation reconstructive memory reproductive memory

Phrases with the word

past recollection failed recollection having no recollection false recollection distorted recollection erroneous recollection

Anagrams

collectioner

Examples

The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living. Cicero

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. Jean Paul

A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness. Hermann Ebbinghaus

In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. Stendhal

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. Jack Kerouac

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw

Close letter words and terms

recollect oneself recollectedness recollectingly recollection-friendly recollective recollective memory