recollection
/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/ noun B2- The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
- The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. · Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
- That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence. · One of his earliest recollections.
- A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.
Plural recollections
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That scene of two years before flashed back into her recollection as vividly as if it had taken place yesterday.
In the night she awakened, with the stillness and the darkness about her, and the recollection of the day came over her like a wave of sorrow.
Her sister made not the smallest objection, and the pianoforte was opened; and Darcy, after a few moments’ recollection, was not sorry for it.
Darcy without being grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections.
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