Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun riddance

2 senses of riddance

Sense 1
elimination, riddance -- (the act of removing or getting rid of something)
       => removal, remotion -- (the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy")

Sense 2
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance -- (the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school")
       => banishment, proscription -- (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)