| English noun: recollection | 
| 1. | recollection (cognition) the ability to recall past occurrences | 
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 | Synonyms | anamnesis, remembrance | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity | 
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| 2. | recollection (cognition) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | 
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 | Samples | He has total recall of the episode. 
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 | Synonyms | recall, reminiscence | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | memory, remembering | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | mind, reconstruction, reconstructive memory, regurgitation, reproduction, reproductive memory | 
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| 3. | recollection (cognition) something recalled to the mind | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | memory | 
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