RECLAMATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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))

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)

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)