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reclamation
noun
1 reclamation
The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation.
synonyms: rehabilitation, renewal.
Roget 741:
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
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Roget 952:
atonement,
reparation;
compromise,
composition;
compensation
etc.
30;
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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Roget 660:
restoration,
restoral;
reinstatement,
replacement,
rehabilitation,
reestablishment,
reconstitution,
reconstruction;
reproduction
etc.
163;
renovation,
renewal;
revival,
revivessence†,
reviviscence†;
refreshment
etc.
689;
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
etc.
(repetition)
104;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It].
cure,
recure†,
sanation†;
healing
etc.
v.;
redintegration†;
rectification;
instauration†.
repair,
reparation,
remanufacture;
recruiting
etc.
v.;
cicatrization;
disinfection;
tinkering.
reaction;
redemption
etc.
(deliverance)
672;
restitution
etc.
790;
relief
etc.
834.
tinker,
cobbler;
vis medicatrix
etc.
(remedy)
662†.
curableness.
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2 reclamation
Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course:
— The reclamation of delinquent children.
synonym: reformation.
3 reclamation
The recovery of useful substances from waste products.
Polish: regeneracja
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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