[syn: reclamation, reformation]
3. the recovery of useful substances from waste products;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reclamation
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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