Vacate(v. t.) 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.
Vacate(v. t.) 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.
Vacate(v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.
Vacated(imp. & p. p.) of Vacate
Vacating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vacate
Vacation(n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
Vacation(n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
Vacation(n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
Vacation(n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
Vacation(n.) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
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