a) 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.
Alas that distant event isnt within my recollection anymore.
b) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
One of his earliest recollections." - .
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