Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recollection

Recollection (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n) , noun

[Compare French récollection.]

1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
One of his earliest recollections. — Macaulay
4.
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. — Robertson