riddance
[rid-ns]
noun
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
relief or deliverance from something.
Origin of riddance
Synonyms for riddance
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for riddance
Historical Examples of riddance
But it is for you to accept or reject what I propose as the riddance of this curse to your community.
The Mountain DivideFrank H. Spearman
One step is a riddance of all the servants; I wonder how many you can do with.
The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2)Charlotte M. Yonge
Dan'l, I'd better go into the house, and die and be a riddance!'
David CopperfieldCharles Dickens
Riddance from it was only a dim hope, the remotest of possibilities.
He was well rid of it all, since in the riddance the doors of his prison-house were unlocked.
The Truth About Tristrem VarickEdgar Saltus
riddance
noun
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
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
riddance
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.