VACATE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | vey'keyt
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| Matching Terms: | | vacation, vacation home, vacation spot, vacationer, vacationing, vacationist, Vacatur
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- [v] annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- [v] leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
- [v] leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
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| | Synonyms: | | abandon, annul, countermand, empty, give up, lift, overturn, renounce, repeal, rescind, resign, reverse, revoke |
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| | See Also: | | abdicate, cancel, go away, go back on, go forth, leave, leave office, quit, renege, renege on, renegue on, step down, strike down | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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.
That after act vacating the authority of the
precedent. --Eikon
Basilike.
The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was
Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's
Day. --R. Nelson.
3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
He vacates my revenge. --Dryden.
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | To set aside. |
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