Definition of recollection

• n. - 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.
• n. - 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.
• n. - That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
• n. - The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.