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English Dictionary: riddance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riddance
n
  1. the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination, riddance]
  2. the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
    Synonym(s): ejection, exclusion, expulsion, 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.
            [bd]Riddance from all adversity.[b8] --Hooker.
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