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How to pronounce riddance in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ejection, exclusion, expulsion
Type of banishment, proscription
Has types blackball, defenestration, deportation, ostracism, ousting, ouster, barring
Type Words
Synonyms elimination
Type of remotion, removal
Has types simplification
Derivation rid

Examples of riddance

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Sorry, but good riddance to the self-satisfied, complacent, disorganised rabble.
From the guardian.co.uk
If the experts are to be believed, it'll be good riddance to life on the nines.
From the washingtonpost.com
Petrino lost most of that when his players said good riddance as he left town.
From the denverpost.com
Why, this just might be the beginning of the end for Instagram, and good riddance.
From the forbes.com
The nearest neighbor told us that the Moodys had left town and good riddance.
From the theatlantic.com
It wasn't good riddance in a way to someone you genuinely despise or dislike.
From the al.com
A little more than half thought Cutler was a whining prima donna and good riddance.
From the denverpost.com
Good riddance, and perhaps it will help in making us all a bit more focussed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Good riddance to Bush, and all those who supported him need to sit down and shut up.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Elimination: the act of removing or getting rid of something
  • Ejection: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"