recollection
re kuh lek shuhn
- n the ability to recall past occurrences
- n the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- n something recalled to the mind
- But these memories are vague compared to her recollection of a subsequent scene.
- He took potshots at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, questioning her recollection of what she was told by the CIA several years ago about the interrogation methods being used.
- This means that with little more than the recollection of the accuser, a parent or other relative can be hauled into court decades after the supposed crime.