Meaning & use
riddance
Relief felt at getting rid of something or someone unwanted, almost always used in the phrase good riddance.
See it in a sentence
When the noisy neighbors finally moved out, everyone on the street said good riddance.
She threw away the broken furniture with a sense of riddance rather than regret.
A note on using this word
Riddance almost never appears outside the fixed expression good riddance, said when someone is glad an unwanted person or thing is gone.
Words with a similar meaning
relief
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