ridding

Verb

The word is derived from rid

Meaning

of Rid

Synonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

Pain is the body's way of ridding itself of weakness. Dean Karnazes

For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost. Zadie Smith

Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society. Vito Fossella

Camus was a great cleanser of my intellect, ridding me of countless sluggish ideas, and through some of the most unsettling pessimism I had ever encountered causing me to be aroused anew by life's enigmatic promise. William Styron

My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever. Della Reese

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. James Payn

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