Synonyms of ridding

ridding

verb

present participle of rid

as in relieving

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

worked two jobs to rid himself of debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relieving
• freeing
• clearing
• divesting
• unburdening
• liberating
• rescuing
• emancipating
• disencumbering
• releasing
• discharging
• loosening
• springing
• disburdening
• redeeming
• enfranchising
• loosing
• extricating
• delivering
• disentangling
• unchaining
• bailing (out)
• disengaging
• manumitting
• unfettering
• unbinding
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burdening
• saddling
• encumbering
• subjecting
• hampering
• restraining
• weighting (down)
• shackling
• fettering
• bogging (down)
• weighing down