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VACATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancel officially

Example:

vacate a death sentence

Synonyms:

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vacate"):

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vacation (the act of making something legally void)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leave behind empty; move out of

Example:

You must vacate your office by tonight

Synonyms:

abandon; empty; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vacant (without an occupant or incumbent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

Example:

The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds

Synonyms:

give up; renounce; resign; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "vacate" is one way to...):

leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vacate"):

abdicate; renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vacant (without an occupant or incumbent)

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