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recollection

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rec·ol·lec·tion  (rk-lkshn)
n.
1. The act or power of recollecting.
2. Something recollected.
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Noun1.recollectionrecollection - the ability to recall past occurrences
retentiveness, retentivity, retention, memory - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
2.recollection - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
mind - recall or remembrance; "it came to mind"
reconstructive memory, reconstruction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
reproductive memory, reproduction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"
3.recollection - something recalled to the mind
memory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"

recollection
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Spanish recollection [rɛkəˈlɛkʃən] nrecuerdo;
to the best of my recollection → que yo recuerde

French recollection [rɛkəˈlɛkʃən] nsouvenir m;
to the best of my recollection → autant que je m'en souvienne

German recollection [rɛkəˈlɛkʃən] recollect nErinnerung f;
to the best of my recollection recollect → soweit ich mich erinnern or entsinnen kann

Italian recollection [rɛkəˈlɛkʃən] nricordo;
to the best of my recollection → per quello che mi ricordo

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The same stimulus will not produce the same recollection in another man who did not share your former experience, although the former experience left no OBSERVABLE traces in the structure of the brain.
It was only occasionally that the recollection came to vex him that this could not last, that--since his Uncle Ira had played him false--he must return anon to the place whence he had come.
There has been no better case within my recollection.
 
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