Meanings
plural reclamations
- countableuncountableThe act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
From there, the material will be transported by rail to three sites across the country, to be used for land reclamation.
2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 601 more example
Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.
2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
nounrescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinreclamatio
- Middle Frenchréclamation
- Englishreclamation
Borrowed from Middle French réclamation, from Latin reclamatio. Equivalent to reclaim + -ation.
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Cite this entry
reclamation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclamation
“reclamation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclamation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reclamation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reclamation.
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