Knowledge and Recollection

Knowledge

Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.

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Recollection and knowledge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recollection" instead a noun "Knowledge".

Nearby Word: knowledgeable

Recollection noun - A particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered.

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Knowledge and recollection are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knowledge" instead a noun "Recollection".

full	full knowledge	full recollection
little	little knowledge	little recollection
decent	decent knowledge	decent recollection
general	general knowledge	general recollection
Other adjectives: historical.

If Jalal refused, he would leave without any recollection of the knowledge and if he accepted, he would be promised the glories of heaven.

Source: Fanfic / Shadowchasers Ascension
First Episode Resurrection The main character is the way he is because he was killed and resurrected, under the recollection theory that all knowledge is granted to a person when they die.

Source: Series / John Doe
Subverted in Final Fantasy X as Tidus does have a full recollection of all of his memories but keeps having to pretend to have amnesia caused by Sin's toxins as he has no knowledge about the world of Spira and his being from Zanarkand seems completely impossible to the residents.

Source: Laser-Guided Amnesia

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