noun that which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
2. recollection ·noun the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
3. recollection ·noun 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.
4. recollection ·noun 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.