/ ˌrekəˈlekʃn; NAmE / noun ( formal )
1.
[ U ] recollection (of sth / of doing sth) the ability to remember sth; the act of remembering sth
SYN memory :
I have no recollection of meeting her before.
My recollection of events differs from his.
To the best of my recollection (= if I remember correctly) I was not present at that meeting.
2.
[ C ] a thing that you remember from the past
SYN memory :
to have a clear / vivid / dim / vague recollection of sth
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-) , from the verb recolligere gather again, from re- back + colligere collect.