What is the meaning of reclaim?

verb

  • Claim back.
  • Reuse (materials from waste products.
  • Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.
    • usage: "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
  • Make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.
    • usage: "The people reclaimed the marshes"
  • Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
    • usage: "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
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