vacate
verb
1 vacate
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily:
— She vacated the position when she got pregnant.
synonyms: give up, renounce, resign.
Roget 187:
be absent
etc.
adj.;
keep away,
keep out of the way;
play truant,
absent oneself,
stay away;
keep aloof,
hold aloof.
withdraw,
make oneself scarce,
vacate;
go away
etc.
293.
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Roget 624:
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
etc.
(resign)
757.
renounce
etc.
(abjure)
607;
forego,
have done with,
drop;
disuse
etc.
678;
discard
etc.
782;
wash one's hands of;
drop all idea of.
break off,
leave off;
desist;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
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.
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Roget 757:
resign;
give up,
throw up;
lay down,
throw up the cards,
wash one's hands of,
abjure,
renounce,
forego,
disclaim,
retract;
deny
etc.
536.
abrogate
etc.
756;
desert
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
get rid of
etc.
782.
abdicate;
vacate,
vacate one's seat;
accept the stewardship of the Chiltern accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds;
retire;
tender one's resignation.
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2 vacate
Leave behind empty; move out of:
— You must vacate your office by tonight.
synonyms: abandon, empty.
Roget 293:
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 [Slang],
vamose [U.S.];
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
etc.
n.;
disappear
etc.
449;
abscond
etc.
(avoid)
623;
entrain;
inspan†.
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Roget 185:
displace,
misplace,
displant†,
dislodge,
disestablish;
exile
etc.
(seclude)
893;
ablegate†,
set aside,
remove;
take away,
cart away;
take off,
draft off;
lade
etc.
184.
unload,
empty
etc.
(eject)
297;
transfer
etc.
270;
dispel.
vacate;
depart
etc.
293.
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3 vacate
Cancel officially:
— Vacate a death sentence.
synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke.
Dutch: herroepen, afschaffen, annuleren, intrekken, terugtrekken, achteruitzetten, terugdraaien
Moby thesaurus: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, abscond, annul, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beat a retreat, beg off, bow out, cancel, cede, clear, countermand, counterorder, cry off, demit, depart from, desert, disannul, disappear, discard, discharge, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, dissolve, do away with, do without, drop, drop out, dump, empty, evacuate, forgo, forsake, forswear, get along without, get out of, get rid of, give away, give up, go back on, have done with, invalidate, jettison, jilt, kiss good-bye, leave, leave behind, leave flat, let go, make a sacrifice, make void, maroon, nullify, override, overrule, part with, pension off, pull out, quash, quit, quit cold, quitclaim, recall, recant, relinquish, remove, render up, renege, renounce, renounce the throne, repeal, repudiate, rescind, resign, retire, retire from office, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke, sacrifice, say goodbye to, set aside, spare, stand aside, stand down, step aside, superannuate, surrender, suspend, swear off, take leave of, throw over, throw up, vanish, void, waive, withdraw, withdraw from, write off, yield ... show more.
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