| reclaimed | | |
| adj. | 1. reclaimed, rescued | delivered from danger. |
| ~ saved | rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin.; "a saved soul" |
| recovered | | |
| adj. | 1. cured, healed, recovered | freed from illness or injury.; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium" |
| ~ well | in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well" |
| adj. | 2. recovered | found after being lost. |
| ~ found | come upon unexpectedly or after searching.; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" |
| reclaim | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. reclaim, repossess | claim back. |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ distrain | legally take something in place of a debt payment. |
| ~ foreclose | subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage. |
| v. (possession) | 2. reclaim, recover | reuse (materials from waste products). |
| ~ reprocess, reuse, recycle | use again after processing.; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" |
| ~ save, preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" |
| v. (change) | 3. reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate | 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" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ see the light, straighten out, reform | change for the better.; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" |
| ~ moralise, moralize | improve the morals of. |
| v. (change) | 4. reclaim | make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.; "The people reclaimed the marshes" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
| v. (change) | 5. domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" |
| recoup | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. recoup, reimburse | reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss. |
| ~ remunerate, recompense, compensate | make payment to; compensate.; "My efforts were not remunerated" |
| v. (possession) | 2. recoup, recover, recuperate | regain or make up for.; "recuperate one's losses" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ catch up with, make up | make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point.; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?" |
| v. (possession) | 3. deduct, recoup, withhold | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.; "My employer is withholding taxes" |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ dock | deduct from someone's wages. |
| recover | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. find, recover, regain, retrieve | get or find back; recover the use of.; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ access | obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer. |
| ~ regain, find | come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" |
| v. (body) | 2. convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
| ~ gain vigor, perk, perk up, percolate, pick up | gain or regain energy.; "I picked up after a nap" |
| ~ snap back | recover quickly.; "After the surgery, the patient snapped back in a few days" |
| ~ recuperate | restore to good health or strength. |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better | get better.; "The weather improved toward evening" |
| v. (change) | 3. go back, recover, recuperate | regain a former condition after a financial loss.; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" |
| ~ retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return | go back to a previous state.; "We reverted to the old rules" |
| ~ rebound, rally | return to a former condition.; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" |
| v. (contact) | 4. recover | cover anew.; "recover a chair" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| retract | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| v. (motion) | 2. retract, shrink back | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| ~ cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, wince, shrink, squinch | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| v. (contact) | 3. draw back, pull back, retract | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). |
| ~ pull | apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin" |
| v. (contact) | 4. draw in, retract | pull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ introvert, invaginate | fold inwards.; "some organs can invaginate" |
| retrieve | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. retrieve | go for and bring back.; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ retrieve | run after, pick up, and bring to the master.; "train the dog to retrieve" |
| v. (contact) | 2. retrieve | run after, pick up, and bring to the master.; "train the dog to retrieve" |
| ~ fetch, bring, get, convey | go or come after and bring or take back.; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
| ~ retrieve | go for and bring back.; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ recognize, recognise | perceive to be the same. |
| ~ brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| revoke | | |
| n. (act) | 1. renege, revoke | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so. |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| v. (competition) | 2. revoke | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| v. (communication) | 3. annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | cancel officially.; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" |
| ~ go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.; "She backed out of her promise" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
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