Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.

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

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom thinks it's theft, even if they call it individual reclamation.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French réclamation, from Latin reclamatio. Equivalent to reclaim + -a

Borrowed from Middle French réclamation, from Latin reclamatio. Equivalent to reclaim + -ation.

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Forms

plural: reclamations
Singularreclamation
Pluralreclamations

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course:reformation
  • the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation:renewalrehabilitation

Word family

2 related words
RelatedreclaimB1
Derivednonreclamation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reckonB2reclaimB1reclassifyreclinerecliner
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