Dictionary entry

Riddance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.