Meaning Of The Word Reclaim

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What's The Definition Of Reclaim?

reclaim
verb: If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.
verb: If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.

reclaim in American English
to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform
intransitive verb: to protest; object
noun: reclamation
transitive verb: to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use

reclaim in British English
to claim back
noun: the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed

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