reclaiming

verb

1. 1

   To return land to a suitable condition for use.

2. 2

   To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.

3. 3

   To claim something back; to repossess.

4. 4

   To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.

5. 5

   To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

6. 6

   To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.

7. 7

   To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.

8. 8

   To draw back; to give way.

9. 9

   To appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.