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The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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  1. n. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.
  2. n. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.
  3. n. the act of removing or getting rid of something
  4. n. the act of forcing out someone or something
  5. 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.
  6. n:100 n the act of removing or getting rid of something n the act of forcing out someone or something