riddance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of removing or getting rid of something
    elimination.
  2. noun the act of forcing out someone or something
    expulsion; ejection; exclusion.
    • the ejection of troublemakers by the police
    • the child's expulsion from school

WordNet


Rid"dance noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913