Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reclamation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reclamation \Rec`la*ma"tion\, n. [F. r['e]clamation, L.
reclamatio. See {Reclaim}.]
1. The act or process of reclaiming.
2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity
and of justice, try clemency. --Landor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reclamation
n 1: the conversion of waste land into land suitable for use of
habitation or cultivation [syn: {renewal}, {rehabilitation}]
2: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course [syn:
{reformation}]
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