riddance

[ rid-ns ]

noun

1. the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.

   Synonyms: dislodgment, clearance, ouster

2. relief or deliverance from something.

riddance

/ ˈrɪdəns /

noun

1. the act of getting rid of something undesirable or unpleasant; deliverance or removal (esp in the phrase good riddance )

Word History and Origins

Origin of riddance¹

First recorded in 1525–35; rid ¹ + -ance

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. good riddance, a welcome relief or deliverance from something:

   He's gone, and good riddance!

More idioms and phrases containing riddance

see good riddance .

Example Sentences

There was almost nothing good about it, and we saw it off with a “good riddance” and hopes for a better 2021.

From Singularity Hub 

Good riddance, say many—but such distinctions have brought us things like, you know, medicine.

From The Daily Beast

As Solomon says, “myth building makes quick riddance of inconvenient facts,” and the same could be said of dramatization.

From The Daily Beast

Good riddance, I thought, and I didn't plan on ever coming back.

From The Daily Beast

He's clearly a troubled man, but he's also a gonif and a loser, so good riddance to him.

From The Daily Beast

Michael C. Moynihan says good riddance to the failed pontiff.

From The Daily Beast

But 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.

From Project Gutenberg

Simmy Gordon, the village cut-up, said hit was a cheap funeral fer Ugly en good riddance.

From Project Gutenberg

Mebbe it'll die fightin', same's he did, and I never'll hear no more from it,—and a good riddance.

From Project Gutenberg

He went on to declare with that loud voice of his that the death of Lopez was a good riddance of bad rubbish.

From Project Gutenberg

Good riddance of bad rubbish, as can't help making a beast of itself.

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