Synonyms for recollection


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rek-uh-lek-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃən


Définition of recollection

Origin :
  • 1590s, "a gathering together again," from French récollection (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin recollectionem (nominative recollectio), noun of action from past participle stem of recolligere (see recollect). Meaning "act of recalling to memory" is from 1680s; a thing or scene so recalled, from 1781.
  • noun remembrance
  • noun memory
Example sentences :
  • Exhausted in mind and body, she could not long endure this tide of recollection.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The assistant said I needed him, but, to the best of my recollection, he kneaded me.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • The recollection of what you have done is ever present to me.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Her smile of recollection was reflected in the faces of her friends.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • At last Max seemed to remember about it, and laughed at the recollection.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Although this recollection stayed his hand, it had no effect on his tongue.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He thought so himself when he grew to be a man, and he laughed at the recollection of his manners.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • The recollection served to inspire me with a new desperate courage.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Lady Glistonbury had but imperfectly recovered her recollection.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • At this time, my mother must have been dead; for of her I retain no recollection whatever.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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