vacate

Verb
  1. Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily (synset 202372031)
    "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
    is a type of: leave office, quit, resign, step down - give up or retire from a position
    subtypes: abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
    same as: give up, renounce, resign
  2. Leave behind empty;
    Move out of (synset 202080923)
    "You must vacate your office by tonight"
    is a type of: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
    same as: abandon, empty
  3. Cancel officially (synset 200801460)
    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
    is a type of: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffective
    subtypes: go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
    same as: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke

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