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Definition recollection in British English

recollection noun

noun
/ˌrekəˈlekʃ(ə)n/
1

the ability to remember something that has happened

Example

To the best of my recollection, we've never met.

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1.1

a memory of something

Example

She was only three, and has only a vague recollection of these events.

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Definition recollection in British English