1. (

• reclaim ,
• repossess

) claim back ;

2. (

• reclaim ,
• recover ,

) reuse (materials from waste products) ;

3. (

• reform ,
• reclaim ,
• regenerate ,
• rectify ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• reclaim

) make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes" ;

5. (

• domesticate ,
• domesticize ,
• domesticise ,
• reclaim ,
• tame ,

) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" ;