recollection

Universal Words noun (formal) 1 [U] ~ (of sth / of doing sth) the ability to remember sth; the act of remembering sth SYNMEMORY: I have no recollection of meeting her before. * My recollection of events differs from his. * To the best of my recollection (= if I remember correctly) I was not present at that meeting. 2 [C] a thing that you remember from the past SYNMEMORY: to have a clear / vivid / dim / vague recollection of sth * his early recollections of his father