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Recollection

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.

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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Remembering 76% connected

of Remember

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Retention 76% connected

The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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Retentiveness 76% connected

The quality of being retentive.

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Retentivity 76% connected

The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

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Narrower term 4

Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Reconstruction 76% connected

The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

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Regurgitation 76% connected

The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance

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Reproduction 76% connected

The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced

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Anamnesis 92% connected

A recalling to mind; recollection.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recall 92% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Remembrance 92% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Reminiscence 92% connected

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

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