riddance
riddance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance from all adversity." Hooker.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- adieu
- allow
- apart
- aside
- away
- behind
- bereavement
- bereft
- bring
- cast
- cede
- cession
- come
- course
- culls
- cut
- damage
- death
- deed
- deliver
- deliverance
- delivery
- deperdition
- deprivation
- derelict
- dereliction
- disburden
- discard
- dismiss
- dispensation
- dispose
- dispossess
- dispossession
- disuse
- divest
- down
- drop
- eject
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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