reclamation

UK: /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ ,(rek′lə mā′shən)

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rec•la•ma•tion /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/   n. [uncountable]

1. the act of reclaiming or recovering substances from waste materials or articles that have been thrown away.
2. the act of bringing back land into a condition for farming, growing things, or other uses.

See -claim-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rec•la•ma•tion  (rek′lə mā′shən), n. 

1. the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
2. the act or process of reclaiming.
3. the state of being reclaimed.
4. the process or industry of deriving usable materials from waste, by-products, etc.

• Latin reclāmātiōn- (stem of reclāmātiō) crying out against, equivalent. to reclāmāt(us) (past participle of reclāmāre; see reclaim) + -iōn- -ion
• Middle French
• 1525–35, in sense "a protest''

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reclamation / ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ noun

1. the conversion of desert, marsh, or other waste land into land suitable for cultivation
2. the recovery of useful substances from waste products
3. the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed