riddance
An act of ridding, clearance, or removalAn act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
» Goodbye and good riddance.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
(countable, uncountable)Deliverance, release, setting free; a relief involving getting rid of something.
the act of removing or getting rid of something
(countable, uncountable)The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal.
Examples
5 sentencesGoodbye and good riddance.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
ruБаба с возу — кобыле легче. — Ooneykcall
Good riddance to this rubbish.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Good riddance to Silvio Berlusconi.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Apparently an alteration of earlier Middle English riddeings, ryddyngs, reddyngs (“clearinApparently an alteration of earlier Middle English riddeings, ryddyngs, reddyngs (“clearings, clearances”), plural of riddyng, riddynge, rudyng (“clearing away, removal”), partially continuing Old English hryding (“a clearing, cleared land”), by surface analysis, rid + -ance.
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Forms
plural: riddancesSynonyms
4 synonyms- the act of removing or getting rid of something:elimination
- the act of forcing out someone or something:ejectionexclusionexpulsion
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.