Rid

rid, v.t. to free: to deliver: to remove by violence: to clear: to disencumber: to expel: to separate: to despatch: ( obs. ) to banish, to kill:— pr.p. rid′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. rid.— ns. Rid′dance , act of ridding or freeing: destruction: the earth thrown up by a burrowing animal; Rid′der , one who rids or relieves.— A good riddance , a welcome relief; Get rid of , to get deliverance from. [A.S. hreddan , to snatch away; Ger. retten .]