vacate
- to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.): to vacate the presidency of a firm.
- to render inoperative; deprive of validity; void; annul: to vacate a legal judgment.
- to cause to be empty or unoccupied; make vacant: to vacate one's mind of worries.
- to withdraw from occupancy; surrender possession: We will have to vacate when our lease expires.
- to give up or leave a position, office, etc.
- to leave; go away.
Origin of vacate
Related Words for vacated
relinquish, quit, annul, revoke, reverse, renounce, void, evacuate, dissolve, quash, withdraw, abandon, depart, empty, rescind, leave, discharge, clear, retract, abrogateExamples from the Web for vacated
Contemporary Examples of vacated
A few days later, a studio functionary called to say the offices were to be vacated.
The second district is an open seat, vacated by Republican Shelley Moore Capito to run for Senate.
Fayyad, of course, rose to the role of prime minister only when the office was vacated by Hamas.
Their convictions for a brutal 1989 rape were vacated, but the five young black and Latino men are still fighting New York City.
Appointed by disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, he served less than two years in the Senate seat Obama vacated.
Roland Burris: Ex-Senator Who Briefly Filled Obama Seat Still Nursing WoundsDavid Freedlander
February 16, 2013
Historical Examples of vacated
Mrs. Vansittart and Dorothy ascended the bank to the spot just vacated by White.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Fyles was hooking his reins over the post Charlie had vacated.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
Louise rose as he approached and motioned him to take her vacated place.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
Arizona had vacated his favorite seat, and was now holding the floor.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
“I want to talk to you,” she said, pointing at the rocking-chair she had just vacated.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
vacate
- to cause (something) to be empty, esp by departing from or abandoning itto vacate a room
- (also intr) to give up the tenure, possession, or occupancy of (a place, post, etc); leave or quit
- law
- to cancel or rescind
- to make void or of no effect; annul
Word Origin and History for vacated
vacate
1640s, "to make void, to annul," from Latin vacatum, past participle of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791. Related: Vacated; vacating.