reclamation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rec=la=ma=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

reclamation, n. [F. réclamation, L. reclamatio. See Reclaim.].

•  The act or process of reclaiming.  [1913 Webster]
•  Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.  [1913 Webster]

  "I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice, try clemency."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

reclamation

about-face, amendment, amends, atonement, backing, backsliding, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, compensation, composition, compromise, disenchantment, expiation, expiatory offering, flip-flop, improvement, indemnification, indemnity, lapse, making amends, making good, making right, making up, new birth, peace offering, piaculum, propitiation, quittance, ransom, readjustment, rebirth, recapture, recidivation, recidivism, reclaiming, recompense, reconditioning, reconversion, recoup, recoupment, recovery, recrudescence, recuperation, redemption, redress, reeducation, reform, reformation, regainment, regeneration, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, reinstruction, relapse, renascence, renewal, reoccupation, reparation, repatriation, replevin, replevy, repossession, restitution, restoration, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revindication, revival, revulsion, salvage, salvation, satisfaction, slipping back, squaring, trover, turn, turnabout

ROGET THESAURUS

reclamation

Restoration

N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.

Command

N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.

Atonement

N atonement, reparation, compromise, composition, compensation, quittance, quits, expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation, indemnification, redress, amends, apology, amende honorable, satisfaction, peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering, scapegoat, sacrifice, penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration, purgation, purgatory.