riddance
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
relief or deliverance from something.
Idioms about riddance
good riddance, a welcome relief or deliverance from something: He's gone, and good riddance!
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How to use riddance in a sentence
There was almost nothing good about it, and we saw it off with a “good riddance” and hopes for a better 2021.
Start the New Year Right: By Watching These Robots’ Awesome Dance Moves | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | January 6, 2021 | Singularity HubGood riddance, say many—but such distinctions have brought us things like, you know, medicine.
As Solomon says, “myth building makes quick riddance of inconvenient facts,” and the same could be said of dramatization.
Good riddance, I thought, and I didn't plan on ever coming back.
How 'The Little Way of Ruthie Leming' Taught Me It's OK to Love My Hometown | Justin Green | April 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe's clearly a troubled man, but he's also a gonif and a loser, so good riddance to him.
Michael C. Moynihan says good riddance to the failed pontiff.
Good Riddance, Benedict! Why the Pope was a Moral Failure | Michael Moynihan | February 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut as no junk-man came, and as no one could be found to care for its now sadly battered hulk, its good riddance became a problem.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithSimmy Gordon, the village cut-up, said hit was a cheap funeral fer Ugly en good riddance.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyMebbe it'll die fightin', same's he did, and I never'll hear no more from it,—and a good riddance.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownHe went on to declare with that loud voice of his that the death of Lopez was a good riddance of bad rubbish.
The Prime Minister | Anthony TrollopeGood riddance of bad rubbish, as can't help making a beast of itself.
Workhouse Characters | Margaret Wynne Nevinson
British Dictionary definitions for riddance
/ (ˈrɪdəns) /
the act of getting rid of something undesirable or unpleasant; deliverance or removal (esp in the phrase good riddance)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with riddance
see good riddance.
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