Recalling

//ɹɪˈkɔːlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
The act by which something is recalled. countable, uncountable
"c. 1908, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger I was full of sorrow, and also of remorse, which is the way with us in the first days of a bereavement, and at such times we wish to be alone with our trouble and our bitter recallings of failings of loyalty or love toward the comrade who is gone."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of recall form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

flashback hindsight memoir recall recollection reconsideration

Example

"A word spoken is past recalling."

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