recollection
n. C / Un. the act of remembering something or a specific memory you have of the past.
n. the action or faculty of remembering; a specific memory of a past event or experience.
I have no recollection of meeting him before.
To the best of my recollection, the contract was signed on a Tuesday afternoon in early March.
The witness's vivid recollection of the suspect's attire provided the prosecution with the crucial evidence needed to secure a conviction.
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”).
From re- + collection.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Often used in the singular with the definite article ('the') or a possessive pronoun ('my').
I don't have any recollections about thatI have no recollection of thatIn the sense of 'remembering', the word is typically uncountable and paired with 'of' rather than 'about'.
Last updated May 7, 2026