RECOLLECTION Synonyms

• a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• something that is remembered

• the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

• the power of retaining and recalling past experience

• an electronic memory device

• the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

• a call to return

• a bugle call that signals troops to return

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• the act of removing an official by petition

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• go back to something earlier

• bring to mind

• summon to return

• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

• cause to be returned

• a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

• an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• an outward appearance

• a clear and telling mental image

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

• all the copies of a work printed at one time

• (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster

• an impressionistic portrayal of a person

• the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another

• a reminder of past events

• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

• recall or remembrance

• an opinion formed by judging something

• an important intellectual

• attention

• your intention; what you intend to do

• knowledge and intellectual ability

• be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by

• be concerned with or about something or somebody

• be in charge of or deal with

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to

• keep in mind

• something of sentimental value

• a reminder of past events

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

• the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

• the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

• the ability to recall past occurrences