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 |
Spanish | liberación | |
Catalan | alliberació, alliberament | |
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 |
Spanish | exclusión, expulsión | |
Catalan | exclusió, expulsió |
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