misrecollection

Inaccurate mental replay

A misrecollection is a memory that doesn't match what actually happened—remembering something incorrectly or remembering it differently from others who were there.

The word suggests an honest mistake rather than deliberate falsehood: His misrecollection of the meeting wasn't a lie, just faulty memory.

To misrecollect is to remember wrongly.

error

inaccuracy

Lack of precision

mistakeWrong action or decision
misrememberingInaccurate mental retrieval
slipMinor error or misstep

lapse · mix-up · confusion · misstatement · misjudgment · memory error · mental slip · misidentification · source confusion · transposition

distortion

false memory

Believed but fictional recall

fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
confabulationInvented memories believed true
embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration

exaggeration · misrepresentation · conflation · anachronism · retconning · reinterpretation · misattribution · misquotation · revisionism · Mandela effect

vagueness

haziness

State of being unclear

fogginessObscured or unclear state
blurLack of sharpness
fuzzinessIndistinct or unclear quality

dimness · cloudiness · uncertainty · indistinctness · obscurity · murkiness · imprecision

Opposites

accuracy of memory

misrecollectiontotal recall

Complete, perfect remembrance

photographic memory · eidetic memory · vivid memory · truth · fact

Family

misrecollecting

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G