Definitions of recall:

• noun:   the act of removing an official by petition
• noun:   the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

  Example: "He has total recall of the episode"

• noun:   a bugle call that signals troops to return
• noun:   a call to return

  Example: "The recall of our ambassador"

• noun:   a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• verb:   cause to be returned

  Example: "Recall the defective auto tires"

• verb:   make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

  Example: "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

• verb:   cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

  Example: "She was recalled by a loud laugh"

• verb:   summon to return

  Example: "The ambassador was recalled to his country"

• verb:   call to mind
• verb:   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• verb:   go back to something earlier