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recall

verb

1 he recalled his student days at Harvard:

remember, recollect, call to mind, think of;

think back on/to, look back on, cast one's mind back to, reminisce about, hark back to;

Scottish mind.

▷antonyms forget.

2 their daring exploits and the nobility of their spirit recall the legendary days of chivalry:

bring to mind, call to mind, put one in mind of, call up, summon up, conjure up, evoke, echo, allude to.

3 the Panamanian ambassador was recalled from Peru:

summon back, order back, call back, bring back.

▷antonyms dissolve, prorogue.

4 formal he sent another note to Lord Grey, recalling his earlier communication:

revoke, rescind, cancel, retract, countermand, take back, withdraw, repeal, veto, overrule, override, abrogate;

annul, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, void;

rare disannul, negate.

▷antonyms ratify, confirm.

noun

1 the recall of the ambassador:

summoning back, ordering back, calling back;

summons.

2 most people find they can improve their recall of dreams with practice:

recollection, memory, remembrance;

technical anamnesis.

3 formal the Chancery Division may possess power to order the recall of probate:

revocation, rescinding, cancellation, cancelling, retraction, retracting, countermanding, withdrawal, abrogation, repeal, vetoing, veto;

annulment, invalidation, nullification;

rare rescission.

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