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RECLAMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
Example:
the reclamation of delinquent children
Synonyms:
reclamation; reformation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
Synonyms:
reclamation; rehabilitation; renewal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
