RECLAMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reclamation mean? 

• RECLAMATION (noun)
  The noun RECLAMATION has 3 senses:

1. the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

2. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

3. the recovery of useful substances from waste products

  Familiarity information: RECLAMATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECLAMATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reclamation; rehabilitation; renewal

Hypernyms ("reclamation" is a kind of...):

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reclamation"):

re-afforestation; reforestation (the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting)

urban renewal (the clearing and rebuilding and redevelopment of urban slums)

Derivation:

reclaim (make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reclamation; reformation

Context example:

the reclamation of delinquent children

Hypernyms ("reclamation" is a kind of...):

deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)

Derivation:

reclaim (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The recovery of useful substances from waste products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reclamation" is a kind of...):

recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

Derivation:

reclaim (reuse (materials from waste products))