riddance

  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.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɪdəns/
Etymology

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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