n.

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);
   recollection, reminiscence
   
   • he has total recall of the episode
5. the act of removing an official by petition

v.

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
   remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
   
   • 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
2. go back to something earlier;
   hark back, return, come back
   
   • This harks back to a previous remark of his
3. call to mind;
   echo
   
   • His words echoed John F. Kennedy
4. summon to return;
   call back
   
   • The ambassador was recalled to his country
   • The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
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;
   call in, call back, withdraw
   
   • recall the defective auto tires
   • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt