Reclamation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reclamation \Rec`la*ma"tion\ (r[e^]k`l[.a]*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     [F. r['e]clamation, L. reclamatio. See {Reclaim}.]
     1. The act or process of reclaiming.
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     2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.


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              I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity
              and of justice, try clemency.         --Landor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reclamation
       n 1: the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of
            habitation or cultivation [syn: {renewal}, {rehabilitation}]
       2: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the
          reclamation of delinquent children" [syn: {reformation}]
       3: the recovery of useful substances from waste products

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "reclamation":
     about-face, amendment, amends, atonement, backing, backsliding,
     change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind,
     compensation, composition, compromise, disenchantment, expiation,
     expiatory offering, flip-flop, improvement, indemnification,
     indemnity, lapse, making amends, making good, making right,
     making up, new birth, peace offering, piaculum, propitiation,
     quittance, ransom, readjustment, rebirth, recapture, recidivation,
     recidivism, reclaiming, recompense, reconditioning, reconversion,
     recoup, recoupment, recovery, recrudescence, recuperation,
     redemption, redress, reeducation, reform, reformation, regainment,
     regeneration, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement,
     reinstruction, relapse, renascence, renewal, reoccupation,
     reparation, repatriation, replevin, replevy, repossession,
     restitution, restoration, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieval,
     retrieve, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression,
     retroversion, return, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion,
     reverting, revindication, revival, revulsion, salvage, salvation,
     satisfaction, slipping back, squaring, trover, turn, turnabout