recollection

noun

1. The ability to remember something, or the act of remembering.

   B2

   uncountable

   • "I have no recollection of meeting her."B2
   • "She lost all recollection of the event after the accident."C1

2. A memory of something that happened in the past.

   B2

   countable, often plural

   • "My earliest recollections are of playing in the garden."B2
   • "He shared his recollections of the war with the young journalist."C1