reclamationn.
/ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action of revoking (a concession, grant, etc.). Also: the action of renouncing (vows); an instance of this. Now chiefly historical.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [noun]
revoking1395
revocationc1400
cassationc1425
annulling1449
reclamationa1475
annulmenta1492
retractation1531
disannulling1533
abrogation1535
cancellation1535
retraction1536
extinguishment1537
undoing1540
abrenunciation1557
revocating1570
reversement1572
revokement1573
annihilation1579
revocatory1579
annullity1586
retroversion1587
rescission1594
recall1597
recision1606
disannulment1611
repeal1612
rasurea1616
cancelment1621
retractinga1624
cancelling1631
extinction1651
circumduction1726
cassing1844
recallment1845
cancel1884
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 599 (MED) Robert Aubre..yaf and graunted..to Roger..thre acres and an half of arable lond..To have and to hold..without any impedyment or ony other reclamacion or vexacion of hym.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vii. x. 130 The suffring of reclamations, perils, persecutions,..and sundry tribulations which happened..vnder Decius.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Richiamo A reclamation, a reuokeing.
1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. v. 339 I am instructed that this reclamation of your vows may be carried on in a civil court.
1965 T. L. Suttor Hierarchy & Democracy Austral., 1788–1870 ii. 82 Several of the community presented a formal reclamation against their vows at this time.
2. † a. Scots Law. An appeal. Cf. reclaim v. 4e. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [noun] > appeal
appeal1297
redress1467
reclamation1501
appellationa1513
devolution1593
1501 Acts Lords of Council Civil Cases X. f. 89v Lik as thai sall deliuer but revocacioun reclamacioun or appellacioun in tyme tocum.
1563–4 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. I. 264 Quhilk decrete..thai..sall abide,..but ony appellatioun, reclamatioun, or agane calling quhatsumevir.
1579 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 169 To obey thair declaratioun and jugement, without reclamatioun, appellatioun, or contradictioun.
c1600 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) Index 1 Who may be Arbiters, their Number, Election, Oversman, Acceptation... Rules and Decisions concerning their Decreets... Of their Interpretation, Execution, Homologation, or Reclamation against them.
1643 in W. G. Robertson Church Ann. Cullen (1938) 69 All in one voyce but reclamation or gainsaying of any.
1698 W. Wake Appeal in Behalf King's Eccles. Supremacy 82 They [sc. Synods] have Legis-lative Power, to make Rules and Constitutions, for keeping Good Order in the Kirk,—And all this without any Reclamation, or Appellation, to any Judge, Civil or Ecclesiastical.
1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 213 Both the said Parties for themselves, and taking burden for their respective Partners, bind and oblige them, their Heirs, Executors and Successors, to stand, abide thereat, underlye and fulfil the same, butt any Appellation or Reclamation whatsoever.
b. The action of protesting, objecting, or of expressing disapproval; opposition, disagreement; an instance of this, esp. a formal objection. Now historical.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun]
complaint1374
exclamation1430
reclamation1533
barking1549
remonstrance1593
remonstration1605
querulation1614
remonstrating1647
queruling1838
Protestantism1854
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. ix. 281 Nochtwithstanding ony reclamacioun of tribunis [L. reclamantibus tribunis], twa strang armyis belive war rasit.
1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. xxx. f. 137 It hath ben obserued in dede without reclamacyon or grudge of the olde fathers & pastores of the bysshoppes of Rome.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 26 The many secret grumblings, and stinging reclamations of a gauled conscience against its present guilty courses.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 131 An act..done against the reclamation of the Law of Nature.
1788 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Aug. in Papers (1956) XIII. 486 They are accordingly yielding daily to the national reclamations, and will probably end in according a well tempered constitution.
1793 Paine in J. Sparks Life & Writ. G. Morris (1832) I. 417 A reply is necessary, were it only to continue the reclamation.
a1802 J. Moore Wks. (1820) IV. 88 The electors of the tiers-etat of Paris immediately met, and published what they called a reclamation against the decree of the council.
1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 241/1 In England there is a universal reclamation against this war.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 135/2 That two of the perpetrators might be kept on their thrones, against the reclamation of their subjects.
1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. iv. 60 My reclamation was not well received.
2006 S. McSheffrey Marriage, Sex, & Civic Culture Late Medieval London i. i. 37 When summoned to answer for his reclamation against their banns, he explained how and why he made his protest.
3.
a. The action of claiming something (formerly in one's legal possession) back or of reasserting a legal right; the legal right to make such an action; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right > for return of something
reclaim1560
reclamationc1626
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 232 The maisteris of the schipis..may reclame the saidis twa thriddis allanerlie and command to mak the said reclamatioun within saidis twa monethis.
1640 H. Glapthorne Ladies Priviledge iii. sig. E I could wish The sweetnesse of your vertue would vouchsafe To lay a reclamation of your love.
1740 J. Stewart Information for Sir J. Stewart 19 The Period within which the Reclamation of the Goods is to be held as de recenti, and after which it is considered as ex intervallo.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 114 The difference of religion was not once mentioned, nor did it appear to me to be thought of. It was a silent reclamation and acknowledgment of fraternity, between two religions of the same family.
1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. vii. 327 [Popes never] pardon a reclamation made on any side for redress.
1834 Rep. Copy-right Case Wheaton versus Peters 23 Our system of laws abounds in instances of the most arbitrary rules for the..protection and reclamation of property, where the possession has been parted with.
1851 Times 26 Mar. 6/1 The reclamation of his Highness, independently of its being legitimate, has..the advantage of being in conformity with precedent.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 111 They quarrelled..from reclamation of her rights To wifely independence.
1902 in G. W. Crichfield Amer. Supremacy (1908) II. xi. 163 It is not the denial of justice by the courts alone which may form the basis for reclamation against a nation according to the rules of international law.
1913 North-China Herald 22 Mar. 875/2 He [sc. Sun Yat-Sen]..advocated the reclamation of rights for railway construction and control which had been granted to foreigners in various treaties.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Nov. 16 They offer cost-effective management through a well diversified portfolio and safe-custody and administration, including reclamation of tax.
b. A reassertion of a relationship or connection with something; a re-evaluation of a term, concept, etc., in a more positive or suitable way. Also: the action of making such a reassertion or re-evaluation. Cf. reclaim v. 9d.
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1981 Jrnl. Aesthetic Educ. 15 90 The reclamation of women's art heritage, including a reevaluation of the low status accorded to activities characterized as domestic crafts, decoration, and dilettantism, needs to be explored.
1986 E. O'Callaghan E. Brodber in D. C. Dance Fifty Carib. Writers 77 She learns that reclamation of herself and her history must also be a reclamation of ‘those people’ as part of her Black ancestry, her Black community.
1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 27 May 82/1 The author and performer of The Vagina Monologues, Ensler went on to offer an astonishingly touching reclamation of the C-word.
2000 C. Kramarae & D. Spender Routledge Internat. Encycl. of Women: Global Women's Issues & Knowl. IV. 1716 The use of the term queer marks a reclamation of a term that had previously been used pejoratively in English-speaking countries.
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a. The action, fact, or process of reforming a person morally and spiritually; the saving of a person from a way of life considered immoral, dissolute, or otherwise undesirable; reformation, moral improvement; redemption, reformation.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun]
chastyinga1300
amendmentc1300
risingc1350
castigationc1397
reclaima1400
reformation1425
emendationc1540
emendingc1542
recovery1542
reparence1556
emendment1569
reduction1610
reclamation1629
reclaimer1650
reform1738
1629 F. Lenton (title) Young gallants whirligigg demonstrating the inordinate affections, absurd actions, and profuse expences, of vnbridled and affectated Youth... Together with..the rare, or too late regression and reclamation of most of them from their habituall ill customes.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 17) 1485 To them that wilfully continue in a state of sinne, there is a monument of Reclamation; the Lake of Sodome.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie Ep. Ded. 4 The fervent desire of whose reclamation..hath put my pen upon this..taske.
1709 Tatler No. 71. ⁋5 These out of many such irregular Practices, I write for his Reclaimation.
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. ix. 261 [She] experienced the joy of receiving her prodigal son, after having for ever yielded up all hopes of his reclamation from a state worse than death.
1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. xxii. 266 It is meet that God should be glad on the reclamation of a sinner.
1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 141 There were altogether some hundred boys in the first stages of reclamation.
1912 P. I. Roberts Dry Dock of Thousand Wrecks vii. 96 The specific work of the McAuley Mission is..the rescue and reclamation of drunkards.
1961 K. C. Lamott Chron. San Quentin i. 15 The discipline necessary to the proper training of criminals and their reclamation from vice would be much more effectually enforced.
2005 Edmonton (Alberta) (Nexis) 4 Mar. e4 In [the film] Hoosiers, everything goes according to plan—including the drunk's..reclamation through the game.
b. The action of civilizing a people considered wild or savage; the removing or saving of a people from a way of life considered as uncivilized. Now rare and historical.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > [noun] > civilizing
civilizing1611
civilization1656
reclamation1750
debarbarization1848
1750 Gent. of Middle Temple Crit. Rev. Liberties Brit. Subj. 118 Must it not again revert to it's ancient Barbarism and Ruins? And..have the same Talk of Reduction or Reclamation of the Natives to undergo again?
1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xviii. 241 The reclamation of nations..from barbarous customs, is gained from experience as to the humanising influences of honest trade.
1921 E. Kinsburn Gems of Promise v. 37 One of the venturesome knights who came out from old Spain to lend their arms to the reclamation of a savage people.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > echoing shout
roll1602
reclamationa1639
a1639 H. Wotton Difference & Disparity Duke of Buckingham & Earl of Essex in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 48 So many thousand Citizens..made within the reach of his own ears large reclamations in his praise.
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a. The conversion of wasteland, esp. land previously under water, into land fit for use, e.g. for cultivation or construction; an instance of this. Frequently attributive. Cf. land reclamation n. at land n.1 Compounds 1a.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun]
amendment1483
improvement1549
improvinga1563
recoverya1632
mendment1644
cultivation1791
reclaim1799
reclamation1810
intaking1812
redemption1812
clearing1821
reclaimment1852
land reclamation1881
breaking-in1891
greening1955
1810 Trans. Dublin Soc. 6 12 It would appear that the profit of recovering those 4,000 acres of inundated lands would be more than equivalent to defray the entire cost both of their own reclamation, and of the drainage of all the bogs in this district.
1848 J. S. Mill Let. 3 Feb. in W. Ward Aubrey de Vere (1904) iv. 132 I look much more than you do to reclamation of waste lands.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 745/2 Reclamation Plow, a plow for breaking new land.
1886 Manch. Examiner 22 Feb. 6/1 There have been reclamations of fresh land by means of the enclosure of commons.
1919 G. Hough Sagebrusher 250 The camp of the reclamation engineers and construction men lay upon a bench or plateau.
1929 Econ. Geogr. 5 322/2 It is the summons to a sounder use of our land, to a reclamation of our waste places.
1970 New Yorker 15 Aug. 32/1 The Dutch..knew..how difficult and dirty any sort of reclamation work could be.
1991 South Aug. 60/3 In addition firms have also lodged their details for the reclamation needed to create the 1,200 ha airport site.
2006 F. G. Bell & L. J. Donnelly Mining & Impact on Environm. i. 17 Reclamation has been used in a general way simply to mean returning a mine site to some other land use.
b. The action or process of recovering waste products or material for reuse; recycling. In later use frequently attributive.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > re-use > making available for
reclamation1909
recirculation1916
salvage1918
1909 Pop. Mech. Dec. Contents 6/1 20 Thousand Tons of San Francisco Fire Scrap Iron... What Reclamation Costs.
1913 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 10 Mar. 1/4 Work on one of the buildings, that for the reclamation of scrap iron, is now under construction.
1937 Iron Age 5 Aug. 36/2 This..has been largely responsible for the extended use of the spray process in applying this metal both for the protection of new parts and for the reclamation of worn or unserviceable items.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 133 In BBC practice reclamation also includes not only checking through the tape to remove spacers, trailers, etc...but also removing all temporary joints and replacing them by cemented joints.
1970 New Society 5 Mar. 387/3 The reclamation industry reckons it saves Britain £1,000 million by reclaiming otherwise imported material.
1990 Earth Matters Spring 4/1 Cardiff will be launched as..Recycling City in an initiative, supported by UK2000, British Telecom and a number of reclamation and packaging companies.
1999 C. Christ Production-Integrated Environm. Protection iv. 166 One question is whether reclamation of materials may harm the environment more than it helps.
Compounds
reclamation disease n. [after German Urbarmachungskrankheit (B. Sjollema 1933, in Biochem. Zeitschr. 267 151)] Plant Pathology any of a group of disorders affecting crops grown on reclaimed land, caused by deficiency or excess of trace elements (typically copper) and characterized by symptoms such as distortion and chlorosis of leaves, and failure of affected plants to set seed.
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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > associated with particular type of plant > crop or food plant
blast1750
speaning brash1872
reclamation disease1937
1937 F. T. Heald Introd. Plant Pathol. xviii. 365 The curative value of boron has also been demonstrated for the ‘reclamation or bog disease’, a trouble characteristic of swampy heath soils in European countries.
1941 Geogr. Jrnl. 98 280 The..curious ‘reclamation disease’ occurs, requiring the addition of about 35–55lb. copper sulphate per acre.
1974 J. P. Andriesse Trop. Lowland Peats South-east Asia 22 Sphagnum peats..are in general notorious for their low contents in trace elements causing various reclamation diseases in crops.
1993 Jrnl. Animal Sci. 71 3167/1 Copper deficiency has frequently been observed when acid Histosols are brought into agricultural production giving rise to the term ‘reclamation disease’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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