vacate

va-cate · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To leave a place that one previously occupied; to make empty.

  2. 2.

    To give up or relinquish a position, office, or post.

  3. 3.

    (Legal) To make legally void; to annul or cancel.

Related words

Antonyms: fill, inhabit, occupy
See also: vacancy, vacant, vacation
Synonyms: abandon, evacuate, leave

Etymology

From Latin vacare (to be empty or free), from vacuus (empty).