- elimination, riddance - the act of removing or getting rid of something
--1 is a kind of removal, remotion
--1 has particulars: simplificationDerived form: verb rid1 - ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
--2 is a kind of banishment, proscription
--2 has particulars:defenestration; deportation; ostracism; barring, blackball; ouster, ousting