vacate
v. give up, leave (an apartment, a seat, etc.); relinquish an office; annul | ||||
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Vacating Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Vacating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vacate
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vacate
| WordNet 2.0 |
vacate
Verb
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"
(synonym) resign, renounce, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate, renounce
2. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
(synonym) empty, abandon
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
3. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
(synonym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
(derivation) vacation
Verb
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"
(synonym) resign, renounce, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate, renounce
2. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
(synonym) empty, abandon
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
3. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
(synonym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
(derivation) vacation