vacate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
    give up; resign; renounce.
    • She vacated the position when she got pregnant
    • The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
  2. verb leave behind empty; move out of
    abandon; empty.
    • You must vacate your office by tonight
  3. verb cancel officially
    annul; revoke; reverse; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind.
    • He revoked the ban on smoking
    • lift an embargo
    • vacate a death sentence

WordNet

Va"cate transitive verb
Etymology
L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Vacated ; present participle & verbal noun Vacating
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913