- reclamation, renewal, rehabilitation - the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
--1 is a kind of restoration
--1 has particulars: reforestation, re-afforestation; urban renewalDerived form: verb reclaim4 - reclamation, reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"
--2 is a kind of rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
Derived form: verb reclaim3 - reclamation - the recovery of useful substances from waste products
--3 is a kind of recovery, retrieval
Derived form: verb reclaim2