vacate
vacate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. Eikon Basilike. The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. R. Nelson.
- 2.To defeat; to put an end to. [R.] He vacates my revenge. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdication
- abjuration
- abjure
- ablegate
- abrogate
- abrogation
- accept
- all
- argument
- aside
- avast
- away
- back
- banishment
- bid
- break
- cart
- cave
- cease
- cessation
- cession
- day
- defection
- deny
- depart
- desert
- desertion
- desist
- desuetude
- discard
- disclaim
- discontinuance
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- dispel
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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