RIDDANCE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

riddance

noun

ˈri-dᵊn(t)s

Definition of riddance

as in removal

the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless the riddance of all the fleas from the house was a relief to everyone concerned

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Recent Examples of riddance Good riddance, restrictive denim! — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 And if even a fraction of the allegations are accurate, well then, good riddance. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 When the brutal dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi ended in 2002, Kenyans sang of his riddance. — Troy Onyango, Time, 24 July 2025 Until his death of a heart attack in 1970, Nasser waged a relentless crusade for pan-Arabism—the idea that all Arabs were one people, with Egypt as their natural leader, and that the boundaries between Arab states were ripe for riddance. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for riddance

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Noun

Recent construction in Folsom has also contributed to the rise, said Molieri, who founded Snakeout, a removal service.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
If the Interior Department determines the animals have met recovery goals, the administration will also work with states to encourage them to remove state-level protections and revise standards governing lethal wolf removal.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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The book offers the bulk of its attention to these parts, using every literary device at its disposal, from interview fragments to the epistolary form, to put surviving the unthinkable into words.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
So the Clippers will actually have some first-round picks at their disposal between the 2029 and 2033 drafts.

— Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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