Define the word Vacate"Vacate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Vacate \Va"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vacating.] [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.]
1. 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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2. 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.
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That after act vacating the authority of the
precedent. --Eikon
Basilike.
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The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was
vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's
Day. --R. Nelson.
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3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
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He vacates my revenge. --Dryden.
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"vacate" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
vacate
v 1: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She
vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The
chairman resigned when he was found to have
misappropriated funds" [syn: resign, renounce, give up]
2: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your
office by tonight" [syn: empty, abandon]
3: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on
smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
[syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse,
repeal, overturn, rescind]
"vacate" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "vacate":
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, abscond, annul,
back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, beg off,
bow out, cancel, cede, clear, countermand, counterorder, cry off,
demit, depart from, desert, disannul, disappear, discard,
discharge, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, dissolve,
do away with, do without, drop, drop out, dump, empty, evacuate,
forgo, forsake, forswear, get along without, get out of,
get rid of, give away, give up, go back on, have done with,
invalidate, jettison, jilt, kiss good-bye, leave, leave behind,
leave flat, let go, make a sacrifice, make void, maroon, nullify,
override, overrule, part with, pension off, pull out, quash, quit,
quit cold, quitclaim, recall, recant, relinquish, remove,
render up, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, repeal,
repudiate, rescind, resign, retire, retire from office, retract,
retreat, reverse, revoke, sacrifice, say goodbye to, set aside,
spare, stand aside, stand down, step aside, superannuate,
surrender, suspend, swear off, take leave of, throw over, throw up,
vanish, void, waive, withdraw, withdraw from, write off, yield
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