Meaning

1 senses

  1. A welcome departure or loss.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Goodbye and good riddance.

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  2. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    ruБаба с возу — кобыле легче. — Ooneykcall

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  3. Good riddance to this rubbish.

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  4. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

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  5. Good riddance to Silvio Berlusconi.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From good + riddance (“act of ridding or removal; relief involving getting rid of somethin

From good + riddance (“act of ridding or removal; relief involving getting rid of something”), possibly influenced by the earlier obsolete terms fair riddance and gentle riddance.

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Forms

plural: good riddances

Synonyms

3 synonyms
fair riddancegentle riddancegood riddings

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
goodA1goodbyegoodnessB1
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