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Vacate

//veɪˈkeɪt// verb

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Verb

1
To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
"I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in."
2
cancel officially wordnet
3
To leave an office or position.
"He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal."
4
leave behind empty; move out of wordnet
5
To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. transitive
"The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented."

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leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily wordnet
7
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
"If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!"

Etymology

Originally used in the legal sense "to annul", a denominal from Early Modern English vacat (“legal annulment”), a development from Middle English vacat (“absence or cancellation noted in a register”), from Latin vacat, third-person singular present active indicative of vacō (“to be idle; to be unoccupied”, literally “to be empty”). The primary modern sense "to move out" likely developed under the influence of older borrowing vacant (“unoccupied”), in combination with the Early Modern use of vacate to refer to the termination of official appointments to office, which would leave those position vacant.

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