recall

Meanings

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• a call to return
  • "the recall of our ambassador"
• a bugle call that signals troops to return
• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
  • "he has total recall of the episode"
• the act of removing an official by petition
• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• go back to something earlier
• call to mind
• summon to return
  • "The ambassador was recalled to his country"
• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
  • "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
  • "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
• cause to be returned
  • "recall the defective auto tires"

Synonyms

call back, call in, call up, callback, come back, echo, hark back, recollect, recollection, remember, reminiscence, retrieve, return, think, withdraw