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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɪd(ə)n(t)s/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɪdn̩(t)s/
• ハイフネーション: rid‧dance

名詞

riddance (countable and uncountable, plural riddances)

1. An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:

     A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go.
     Let all of his complexion choose me so.

   • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 230c:

     And this kind of riddance is the most pleasant to listen to of all

2. Deliverance, release, setting free; a relief involving getting rid of something.
3. The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal.

派生語

• good riddance
• good riddance to bad rubbish

参照

• “riddance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• candider, cider-and