Noun

• S: (n) reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation (the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation)
• S: (n) reclamation, reformation (rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course) "the reclamation of delinquent children"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger) "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
• S: (n) recovery, retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) reclamation (the recovery of useful substances from waste products)