Recall, v. t.
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree. Passed sentence may not be recall'd. Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
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Recall, n.
1. A calling back; a revocation. 'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall. Dryden.
2. (Mil.)
A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for recall; he lists it under renounce.
Where he writes about it:
Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. — from renounce
Revoke (L. re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. — from renounce