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