reclamation

reclamation
    n 1: the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of
         habitation or cultivation [syn: {reclamation}, {renewal},
         {rehabilitation}]
    2: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the
       reclamation of delinquent children" [syn: {reclamation},
       {reformation}]
    3: the recovery of useful substances from waste products
    

Reclamation \Rec`la*ma"tion\ (r[e^]k`l[.a]*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   [F. r['e]clamation, L. reclamatio. See {Reclaim}.]
   1. The act or process of reclaiming.
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   2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
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            I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity
            and of justice, try clemency.         --Landor.
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93 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, turnabout