recall

Noun

• the act of removing an official by petition

• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
  • he has total recall of the episode
    

• a bugle call that signals troops to return

• a call to return
  • the recall of our ambassador
    

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

Verb

• cause to be returned
  • recall the defective auto tires
    
  • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
    

• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
  • The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
    

• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
  • She was recalled by a loud laugh
    

• summon to return
  • The ambassador was recalled to his country
    
  • The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
    

• call to mind
  • His words echoed John F. Kennedy
    

• go back to something earlier
  • This harks back to a previous remark of his
    

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • I can't remember saying any such thing
    
  • I can't think what her last name was
    
  • can you remember her phone number?
    
  • Do you remember that he once loved you?
    
  • call up memories
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  recollection , reminiscence , callback , call in , call back , withdraw , echo , hark back , return , come back , remember , retrieve , call up , recollect , think
• Antonyms: 
  issue , supply , forget , block , blank out , draw a blank