Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. 2. (n.) The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia RID; RIDDANCE rid, rid'-ans: "Rid" originally meant "rescue" (the King James Version Genesis 37:22 Exodus 6:6 Psalm 82:4; Psalm 144:7, 11), whence the meaning "remove" or "clean out" (Leviticus 26:6 the King James Version, with "riddance" in Leviticus 23:22 Zephaniah 1:18). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in Exodus 6:6.

Multi-Version Concordance Riddance (2 Occurrences) Leviticus 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. (KJV WBS) Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. (KJV WBS)