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Recollection Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Recollection has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the ability to recall past occurrences

"Her sharp recollection of every detail from her childhood summer camp surprised everyone at the reunion."

2

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

"he has total recall of the episode"

3

something recalled to the mind

"The sudden smell of rain triggered a vivid recollection of our childhood summer camp."

4

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory

"The recollection of scattered photos took hours as we sorted through the attic to reassemble our old family album."

5

Process of collecting again.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
memory
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
mind reconstruction reproduction regurgitation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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