Definition: riddance

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

riddance
     n 1: the act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination]
     2: the act of expelling someone [syn: ejection, exclusion,
        expulsion]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.