to reclaim

Examples

• All

• And my my message that I'm trying to get out is that you can reclaim your life through intentional decorating.

• I thought this might be a good time to start to reclaim my reputation.

  Impact Earth (2015)

• We have to reclaim our freedom.

  Saltwater (2016)

• Tonight we reclaim our honour.

  Dragon Rider (2020)

• The men also need to be organized to reclaim their rights as citizens.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I've decided to reclaim this day for us.

  Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

• We have never given up hope of one day reclaiming our city.

  Strings (2004)

• I intervene with a client to help them reclaim responsibility for their own lives and not be directed by drugs.

  Academic text (2009)

• I am trying to reclaim my life here, Tucker, and you're not taking this seriously.

  Miss March (2009)

• After years of addiction, he decided to reclaim his life and seek help.

Synonyms

R

to redeem

vsto reclaim

57 6.1

Make someone or something respected again after a mistake

aims to change behaviour rather than restore public standing

R

to reform

vsto reclaim

57 4.4

Cause a person to stop bad behavior and behave better

is used when emphasis is on persuading someone to change their life

R

to rehabilitate

vsto reclaim

12 6.6

To give someone back their job or position after they were dismissed

targets persuading moral change rather than restoring social status

R

to regenerate

vsto reclaim

• Formal

2 7.2

Help a person change to a better, more responsible life

focuses on persuading a change from a harmful or immoral way of life

Antonyms

C

to corrupt

125 4.5

To make someone act dishonestly, often by giving them money

I

to indulge

39 4.1

To let someone have whatever they want, often too much

How Reformed

to redeem

57 6.1

to rehabilitate

43 5.3

to reclaim

16 5.3

to rescue

633 1.0

to persuade

472 2.7

to encourage

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology