reclamatory

== English == === Etymology === Equivalent to reclaim (“return land to a suitable condition for use; claim back, repossess; return someone to a proper course of action, reform; cry out in opposition or contradiction”) +‎ -atory. Compare exclamatory, declamatory. === Adjective === reclamatory Reclaiming; pertaining to reclamation: Pertaining to reclamation or reclaiming of land (that was underwater or unusable). 1968, Tamil Nadu (India), Legislative Assembly Committee on Estimates, Report: The reclamatory works are also going on side by side. Pertaining to reclamation or reclaiming of concepts, words, etc (that were stigmatized, disfavored, etc). (religion, archaic) Reformative, corrective; (of a conversion) representing a return to orthodox religious faith and behavior. (grammar, of a question) Asking for repetition (and sometimes expressing doubt or confusion).