recall Definition

recall
verb

1. To call back.
2. To order to return.
3. To bring back by a summons.
(US)
4. To remove someone from office by vote.
5. To remember.

Thesaurus: remember, recollect, recapture, summon, evoke, bring to mind, review, retrace; Antonym: forget.
6. To cancel or revoke.

Thesaurus: revoke, countermand, retract, repeal, abjure, rescind.

noun

1. An act of recalling.
2. The ability to remember accurately and in detail.

Example: total recall
Thesaurus: memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, retention.

Derivative: recallable
noun

Idiom: beyond recall

Unable to be stopped or cancelled.

Etymology: 16c.