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1. Have and bring to mind a memory of something; bring back knowledge from memory
   "I can't recall saying any such thing";
   - remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
    
2. Go back to something earlier
   - hark back, return, come back
    
3. Bring to mind
   "His words recalled John F. Kennedy";
   - echo
    
4. Summon to return
   "The ambassador was recalled to his country";
   - call back
    
5. Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
   "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
    
6. Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
   "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
    
7. Cause to be returned
   "recall the defective auto tires";
   - call in, call back, withdraw

1. A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
   - callback
    
2. A call to return
   "the recall of our ambassador"
    
3. A bugle call that signals troops to return
    
4. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
   "he has total recall of the episode";
   - recollection, reminiscence
    
5. The act of removing an official by petition

Derived forms: recalling, recalled, recalls

Type of: abrogation, annulment, asking, bugle call, call, cancel, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], concentrate, denote, focus, memory, pore, pore over, refer, remembering, repeal, request, resemble, rivet, send for, strike down, take

Antonym: issue

Encyclopedia: Recall