RIDDANCE

ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; “the ejection of troublemakers by the police”; “the child’s expulsion from school”

elimination, riddance

(noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

riddance (countable and uncountable, plural riddances)

The act of being rid of something; deliverance

The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal.

Anagrams

• candider, cider-and

Source: Wiktionary


Rid"dance, n.

1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22.

2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance from all adversity." Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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