Hypertext Webster Gateway: "riddance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Riddance \Rid"dance\, n.
1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up
or out.
Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of
thy field. --Lev. xxiii.
22.
2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.
``Riddance from all adversity.'' --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
riddance
n 1: the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: {elimination}]
2: the act of expelling someone [syn: {ejection}, {exclusion},
{expulsion}]
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