Thesaurus: vacate
To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
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Definitions
- v. t. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
- v. t. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
- v. t. To defeat; to put an end to.
- v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- v. leave behind empty; move out of
- v. cancel officially
- v:100 v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily v. leave behind empty; move out of