\Rec`ol*lec"tion\ (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]collection.]
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.
Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See {Memory}.