Definition of

Vacate

  1. (verb, communication) cancel officially
    lift an embargo
    vacate a death sentence
  2. (verb, motion) leave behind empty; move out of
  3. (verb, social) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
    The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds

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Synonyms of Vacate

abandon, annul, countermand, empty, give up, lift, overturn, renounce, repeal, rescind, resign, reverse, revoke

Alternate forms of Vacate

Derivations: vacant, vacation

Hyponyms: abdicate, go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on, renounce

Hypernyms: cancel, go away, go forth, leave, leave office, quit, resign, step down, strike down

Origin of the word Vacate

  1. 1643, "to make void, to annul," from L. vacatum, pp. of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791. more

via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper

Words that sound like Vacate

v-j day, vacuity, vaquita, vast, vege out, vegetate, vesicate, vest, vesta, vested, vexed, vibist, vice squad, vicissitude, visaged, viscid, viscidity, viscosity, visigoth, visit, vista, vivacity, vivisect, voiced

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