riddance

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Deliverance, release, setting free; a relief involving getting rid of something.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal.

Werger

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈɹɪdəns/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Apparently an alteration of earlier Middle English riddeings, ryddyngs, reddyngs (“clearings, clearances”), plural of riddyng, riddynge, rudyng (“clearing away, removal”), partially continuing Old English hryding (“a clearing, cleared land”), by surface analysis, rid + -ance.

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