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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of removing or getting rid of something;
[syn: elimination, riddance]

2. the act of forcing out someone or something;
- Example: "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"
- Example: "the child's expulsion from school"
[syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Riddance \Rid"dance\, n.
   1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up
      or out.
      [1913 Webster]

            Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of
            thy field.                            --Lev. xxiii.
                                                  22.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance
      from all adversity." --Hooker.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion,
       riddance]