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   re·claim

   /rəˈklām/

   verb

   • 1. retrieve or recover (something previously lost, given, or paid); obtain the return of: "when Dennis emerged I reclaimed my room" Similar get backclaim backhave returnedrecovertake backregainretrieverecouprare:recuperateOpposite forfeit
   • ▪ redeem (someone) from a state of vice; reform: dated "societies for reclaiming beggars and prostitutes" Similar saverescueredeemwin backreformOpposite abandon
   • ▪ tame or civilize (an animal or person): archaic "allow a week or ten days for reclaiming the bird"
   • 2. bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation: "little money is available to reclaim and cultivate the desert"
   • ▪ recover (waste material) for reuse; recycle: "a sufficient weight of plastic could easily be reclaimed"

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of reclaiming or being reclaimed: "beyond reclaim"

   Word Origin Middle English (used in falconry in the sense ‘recall’): from Old French reclamer, from Latin reclamare ‘cry out against’, from re- ‘back’ + clamare ‘to shout’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reclaimable adjective
   • 2. reclaimer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   Synonyms for RECLAIM: regain, recapture, retrieve, recover, retake, repossess, reacquire, get back; Antonyms of RECLAIM: lose, misplace, mislay, subvert, degrade, lower, corrupt, poison

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   Synonyms for RECLAIM: recover, restore, regenerate, recondition, reform, restitute, rescue, rebuild, work-over, redeem, reconstruct, domesticate, recall, rehabilitate, recover from refuse, reinstate, recycle.

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   Synonyms for RECLAIMS: regains, retrieves, recaptures, recovers, reacquires, repossesses, retakes, recoups; Antonyms of RECLAIMS: loses, misplaces, mislays, subverts, degrades, lowers, corrupts, demeans

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   Synonyms for RECLAIM in English: retrieve, claim back, get or take back, recover, rescue, regain, reinstate, recoup, regain, rescue, ….

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    To reclaim something is to get it back. If a divorced couple remarries, they reclaim their marriage. To claim is to declare or take ownership of something. To reclaim is to retake something lost.

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    Synonyms and antonyms of reclaim in English. reclaim. verb. These are words and phrases related to reclaim. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of reclaim. They reclaimed an acre of swamp. Synonyms. recover. bring back. regain. restore.