Recollection /(r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n)/
Rec·ol·lec·tion
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.
- 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.
- That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
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The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic]
From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.