<noun.act> the ejection of troublemakers by the police the child's expulsion from school
Riddance \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.
Trask, the insurance agent, says good riddance.
He gave shelter to the deposed shah at a time when much liberal opinion thought the shah's disappearance good riddance, just as many thought getting rid of Batista would be an improvement in Cuba.
Bush administration doomsaying about the consequences of this good riddance has been beyond belief.
An added benefit: Goodbye and good riddance to Buffalo wings.