recollection

Meanings

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
5. A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.

1. Process of collecting again.

Etymology

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).