recall

1. (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).Synonyms: withcall, abjure, backpedal, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, recanttransitive

2. (transitive) To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.Examples: "He was recalled to service after his retirement."; "She was recalled to London for the trial."; "Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors."transitive

3. (transitive, US politics) To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.Examples: "That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states."UStransitive

4. (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.transitive

5. (transitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.Examples: "Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity."; "So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by Yet I still recall as I wander on As clear as the sun in the summer sky"; "In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone."transitive

6. (transitive) To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.Examples: ""The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete."; "The police had brought two civilians with them, including the 19-year-old son of one officer who helped to carry out the beer which was seized as evidence. Both were registered as ride alongs that night and their presence did not violate any laws, but Bouza saw this as another instance in which the officers showed "questionable judgment." This recalled an incident last February when three police officers brought their girlfriends along when raiding a gay bathhouse."transitive