reclaim
I’ve taken to using the word “reclaim” recently. It seems like such an empowering word.
re·claim (r?-kl?m’)
tr.v., -claimed, -claim·ing, -claims.
1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.
2. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.
3. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See synonyms at save1.
4. To tame (a falcon, for example).
[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin recl?m?re : re-, re- + cl?m?re, to cry out.]