different between recollection vs commemoration

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k??l?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable, plural recollections)

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory

   Synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance

2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance

   Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.

   One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

4. (archaic or Catholicism) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

   From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

   In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.

5. (Catholicism) A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.

Alternative forms

• (collecting or concentrating the mind): re-collection

Synonyms

• reminiscence
• remembrance
• memory

Derived terms

• recollective

Related terms

• recollect
• recollected

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? collection

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?k??n/

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable, plural recollections)

1. Process of collecting again.

Alternative forms

• re-collection

References

• recollection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From commemorate +? -ion, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemor?ti?nem, verb commemor?re.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)

1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
2. That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
3. (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
4. (Britain) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.

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