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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECLAMA'TION, n.
1. Recovery.
2. Demand; challenge of something to be restored; claim made.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French réclamation, from Latin reclamation-, reclamatio, from reclamare Date: 1633 the act or process of reclaiming: as a. reformation, rehabilitation b. restoration to use ; recovery

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reclamation Rec`la*ma"tion, n. [F. r['e]clamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.] 1. The act or process of reclaiming. 2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance. I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency. --Landor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Reclamation is the process of changing land that is unsuitable for farming or building into land that can be used. ...centuries of sea-wall construction and the reclamation of dry land from the marshes...

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Recovery. 2. Demand, claim.

Moby Thesaurus

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