recollection

recollection is a 12-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
4. noun. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
5. noun. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

   "he has total recall of the episode"

   Synonyms: recall, reminiscence

6. noun. the ability to recall past occurrences

   Synonyms: anamnesis, remembrance

7. noun. something recalled to the mind

Synonyms

recall, reminiscence, anamnesis, remembrance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in recollection:

collectioner

Common word forms

recollections

Words from these letters

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