painful recollection

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• recollection — n. 1) to have a recollection of 2) a hazy, vague; painful; vivid recollection * * * [ˌrekə lekʃ(ə)n] painful vague vivid recollection a hazy to have a recollection of …   Combinatory dictionary

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