Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reclamation \Rec`la*ma"tion\, n. [F. r['e]clamation, L.
   reclamatio. See {Reclaim}.]
   1. The act or process of reclaiming.

   2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.

            I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity
            and of justice, try clemency.         --Landor.

Source : WordNet®

reclamation
     n 1: the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of
          habitation or cultivation [syn: {renewal}, {rehabilitation}]
     2: rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the
        reclamation of delinquent children" [syn: {reformation}]
     3: the recovery of useful substances from waste products