About The Word Riddance
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Riddance
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What's The Definition Of Riddance?
[n] the act of expelling someone
[n] the act of removing or getting rid of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Riddance: ejection | elimination | exclusion | expulsion Related Terms | Find terms related to Riddance: See Also | banishment | barring | blackball | deportation | ostracism | ouster | ousting | proscription | remotion | removal | simplification Riddance In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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