'Vacate' definitions:
Definition of 'vacate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: vacate, resign, renounce, give up]
verb
Leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: vacate, empty, abandon]
verb
Definition of 'Vacate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
- The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. --R. Nelson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- He vacates my revenge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vacate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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