Definition of "good riddance"

good riddance

/ˌɡʊd ˈɹɪd(ə)ns/

interjection
1. Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.
  Quotations
  After 50 years of farming, Fisch too has left the ostrich business, and says good riddance.
  2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They May Look Goofy, but Ostriches are Nobody’s Fool”, in National Geographic‎
noun
plural good riddances
1. (negative connotation) A welcome departure or loss.
  Quotations
  [T]o tell you my mind, Lucretia, I think it's a good riddance. I don't want any of your brazen faces here, myself!]
  , published 1848, page 510