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Vacate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To annul; to made void; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a charter.

2. The necessity of observing the Jewish sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's day.

3. To make vacant; to quit possession and leave destitute. It was resolved by parliament that James had vacated the throne of England.

4. To defeat; to put an end to.

5. He vacates my revenge. [Unusual.]

Vacate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. To defeat; to put an end to.

Vacated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Annulled; made void; made vacant.

Vacated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Displacement Roget’s Thesaurus §185

N. displacement, elocation, transposition, # ejectment, exile, removal, misplacement, dislocation, fish out of water

V. displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart

Adj. displaced, unplaced, unhoused, unharbored, unestablished, unsettled, houseless, homeless, out of place, out of a situation, in the wrong place, misplaced, out of its element, 3, existence in space

Absence Roget’s Thesaurus §187

N. absence, inexistence, # nonresidence, absenteeism, nonattendance, alibi, emptiness, void, vacuum, vacuity, vacancy, tabula rasa, exemption, hiatus, lipotype|, truant, absentee, nobody, nobody present, nobody on earth, not a soul, ame qui vive

V. be absent, keep away, keep out of the way, play truant, absent oneself, stay away, keep aloof, hold aloof, withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate, go away

Adj. absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home, missing, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, inexistence, empty, void, vacant, vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless, barren, sterile, desert, deserted, devoid, uninhabitable

Adv. without, minus, nowhere, elsewhere, neither here nor there, in default of, sans, behind one's back

Phr. the bird has flown, non est inventus, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", "absent in body but present in spirit", absento nemo ne nocuisse velit, "achilles absent was achilles still", aux absents les os, briller par son absence, "conspicuous by his absence", "in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet"

Departure Roget’s Thesaurus §293

N. departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport

V. depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out, debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire, withdraw, remove, vamoose*, vamose*, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away, embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents, decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear, abscond, entrain, inspan

Adj. departing, valedictory, outward bound

Adv. whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move

Int. begone, &c. (ejection) 297, farewell, adieu, goodbye, good day, au revoir, fare you well, god bless you, god speed, all aboard, auf wiedersehen, au plaisir de vous revoir, bon voyage, gluckliche reise, vive valeque

Relinquishment Roget’s Thesaurus §624

N. relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession

V. relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, go back on, depart from, secede from, withdraw from, back out of, leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell, vacate, renounce, forego, have done with, drop, disuse, discard, wash one's hands of, drop all idea of, break off, leave off, desist, stop, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, quit one's hold, give over, shut up shop, throw up the game, throw up the cards, give up the point, give up the argument, pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question

Adj. unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing

Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast

Int. avast, &c. (stop) 142

Resignation Roget’s Thesaurus §757

N. resignation, retirement, abdication, # renunciation, abjuration, abandonment, relinquishment

V. resign, give up, throw up, lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract, deny, abrogate, desert, get rid of, abdicate, vacate, vacate one's seat, accept the stewardship of the chiltern hundreds, retire, tender one's resignation

Adj. abdicant

Phr. "othello's occupation's gone"