recollectionn.[Cf. F. rcollection.]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.(Macaulay.)4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.()From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. (Robertson.)()