What is the meaning of recall?

noun

• A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair.
  • synonyms: callback
• A call to return.
  • usage: "the recall of our ambassador"
• A bugle call that signals troops to return.
• The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort. )
  • usage: "he has total recall of the episode"
  • synonyms: recollection, reminiscence
• The act of removing an official by petition.

verb

• Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
• Go back to something earlier.
  • usage: "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
  • synonyms: hark back, return, come back
• Call to mind.
  • usage: "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
  • synonyms: echo
• Summon to return.
  • usage: "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
  • synonyms: call back
• Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.
  • usage: "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
• Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.
  • usage: "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
• Cause to be returned.
  • usage: "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
  • synonyms: call in, call back, withdraw