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Riddance (Noun)

The act of removing or getting rid of something.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The company's decision to fire the underperforming employee was a welcome riddance for the rest of the team.
The city's efforts to clean up the polluted river were a long-awaited riddance of the environmental hazard.
The new policy aimed at reducing bureaucracy was seen as a riddance of unnecessary red tape.
The family was relieved to have finally sold the old, dilapidated house, which had been a financial burden for years, and considered it a good riddance.
The government's decision to ban the toxic pesticide was a riddance of a major health risk for the community.

The act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school".