Word Definition

Recall

  1. A calling back; a revocation.
  2. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
  3. A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
  4. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
  5. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.