Etymology: Originally the same word as recollection n.², now usually distinguished in pronunciation in the senses below. Compare recollect v.² and discussion at recollect v.¹With sense 1 compare French récollection (see recollection n.²).

Etymology: Originally < Middle French recollection (French récollection ) act of collecting or gathering together (of things, facts, etc.), recapitulation (14th cent.), action of religious meditation (1553) and its etymon post-classical Latin recollection-, recollectio additional collection (1282 in a British source), mystical concentration, meditation, reflection (c1283 in a British source; a1536 in Erasmus), action or act of gathering in harvest (1308 in a British source), recovery, recuperation (a1523), recall, memory (a1564) < classical Latin recollect- , past participial stem of recolligere recollect v.¹ + -iō -ion suffix¹, but in later use frequently apprehended as an English formation from re- prefix + collect v. recollection n.¹ shows what were originally senses of the same word. Compare recollect v.¹, recollect v.², and discussion at those entries.