RECLAIM

• (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

  "He tames lions for the circus", "reclaim falcons"

  synonyms : domesticate , domesticise , domesticize , tame

• (verb) make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

  "The people reclaimed the marshes"

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : rectify , reform , regenerate

• (verb) reuse (materials from waste products)

  synonyms : recover

• (verb) claim back

  synonyms : repossess

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