reclamation

[rek-luh-mey-shuh n]

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noun

the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
the act or process of reclaiming.
the state of being reclaimed.

the process or industry of deriving usable materials from waste, by-products, etc.

Origin of reclamation

1525–35, in sense “a protest”; < Middle French < Latin reclāmātiōn- (stem of reclāmātiō) crying out against, equivalent to reclāmāt(us) (past participle of reclāmāre; see reclaim) + -iōn- -ion

Related formsnon·rec·la·ma·tion, noun

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Related Words for reclamation

repossession, improvement, recovery, redemption, recycling

Examples from the Web for reclamation

Contemporary Examples of reclamation

For them, this is not demolition but reclamation, cleansing the sanctuary that has been profaned by liberals.
The Tea Party Isn’t a Political Movement, It’s a Religious One
Jack Schwartz
July 13, 2014
Matangi, a reclamation of the brown girl narrative, is a middle finger to you.
M.I.A.’s ‘Matangi’ Is A Defiantly Personal Reclamation of the Brown Girl Narrative
Rawiya Kameir
November 8, 2013
He forgot that even the Zionist reclamation project only goes so far.
What Prisoner X Scandal?
Gil Troy
February 20, 2013

Historical Examples of reclamation

Then it was that the reclamation of Joe Hollends was determined on.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893
Various
She had her plan for Roger's reclamation, and was already in love with it.
Marriage la mode
Mrs. Humphry Ward
The Reclamation Service is an experiment, a magnificent one.
Still Jim
Honor Willsie Morrow
What was it, say the year before the Reclamation Service went in there?
Still Jim
Honor Willsie Morrow
Where the means for reclamation fail then separation from society is advocated.
A Plea for the Criminal
James Leslie Allan Kayll

British Dictionary definitions for reclamation

reclamation

noun

the conversion of desert, marsh, or other waste land into land suitable for cultivation
the recovery of useful substances from waste products
the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed

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Word Origin and History for reclamation

late 15c., "a revoking" (of a grant, etc.), from Old French réclamacion and directly from Latin reclamationem (nominative reclamatio) "a cry of 'no,' a shout of disapproval," noun of action from past participle stem of reclamare "cry out against, protest" (see reclaim). From 1630s as "action of calling (someone) back" (from iniquity, etc.); meaning "action of claiming something taken awat" is from 1787. Of land from 1848.