RECLAMATION Synonyms

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

• the act of renewing

• filling again by supplying what has been used up

• gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

• (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs

• feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input

• the activity of spiritual or physical renewal

• forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting

• the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

• the act of restoring to a more youthful condition

• the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

• the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

• getting something back again

• the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660

• the state of being restored to its former good condition

• some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

• a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

• (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

• the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

• the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• property or goods saved from damage or destruction

• the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

• the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• collect discarded material

• a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

• improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

• rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course