reclaim meaning and definition

RECLAIM verb

Definition of reclaim (verb)

1. claim back
   • synonyms: repossess
2. reuse (materials from waste products)
   • synonyms: recover
3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
   • "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
   • synonyms: rectify, reform, regenerate
4. make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
   • "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
   • "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
   • synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame