recollection

Etymology 1

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

noun

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.
   Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
   One of his earliest recollections. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
4. (archaic or Catholicism) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
   From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.
   In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.
5. (Catholicism) A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.

Etymology 2

re- + collection

noun

1. Process of collecting again.