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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Recollection \Rec`ol*lec"tion\ (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]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.
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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.
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3. That which is recollected; something called to mind;
reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections."
--Macaulay.
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4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the
mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic]
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From such an education Charles contracted habits of
gravity and recollection. --Robertson.
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Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See {Memory}.
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