| NOUN | act | riddance, elimination | the act of removing or getting rid of something |
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| act | riddance, ejection, exclusion, expulsion | the act of forcing out someone or something |
| Sounds | rih'dahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The act of removing or getting rid of something. | |
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| Synonym | elimination | |
| Narrower | simplification | elimination of superfluous details |
| Broader | removal, remotion | The act of removing |
| Catalan | alliberament | |
| Spanish | liberación | |
| Verbs | rid | relieve from |
| Meaning | The act of forcing out someone or something. | |
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| Synonyms | ejection, exclusion, expulsion | |
| Narrower | barring, blackball | The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto |
| defenestration | The act of throwing someone or something out of a window | |
| deportation | The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | |
| ostracism | The act of excluding someone from society by general consent | |
| ouster, ousting | The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | |
| Broader | banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Catalan | expulsió | |
| Spanish | expulsión | |