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reclaimable |
reclaimant |
reclaimed |
reclaimer |
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reclamation
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reclamation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reclamation has 3 senses
- reclamation(n = noun.act) rehabilitation, renewal - the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation; Array is a kind of restoration
- reclamation(n = noun.act) reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" is a kind of deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving
- reclamation(n = noun.act) Array - the recovery of useful substances from waste products; Array is a kind of recovery, retrieval
has particulars: re-afforestation, reforestation, urban renewal
Derived form verb reclaim4
Derived form verb reclaim3
Derived form verb reclaim2
CIDE DICTIONARY
reclamation, n. [F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.].
- The act or process of reclaiming. [1913 Webster]
- Representation made in opposition; remonstrance. [1913 Webster]"I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
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, turnaboutROGET THESAURUS
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Restoration
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.Command
N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.Atonement
N atonement, reparation, compromise, composition, compensation, quittance, quits, expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation, indemnification, redress, amends, apology, amende honorable, satisfaction, peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering, scapegoat, sacrifice, penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration, purgation, purgatory.
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