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recollection

/ɹiˌkəˈlɛkʃən/ noun C2
  1. Process of collecting again. (countable, uncountable)

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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 227 · C1
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 313 · C1
Her sister made not the smallest objection, and the pianoforte was opened; and Darcy, after a few moments’ recollection, was not sorry for it.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 64 · B2
In comparing her recollection of Pemberley with the minute description which Wickham could give, and in bestowing her tribute of praise on the character of its late possessor, she was delighting both him and herself.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 166 · B2

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