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   va·cate

   /ˈvāˌkāt/

   verb

   • 1. leave (a place that one previously occupied): "rooms must be vacated by noon on the last day of your vacation" Similar leaveget out ofmove out ofevacuatequitgo away fromdepart fromexit fromwithdraw frompull out ofabandondesertrelinquisharchaic:forsakeOpposite occupyinhabit
   • ▪ give up (a position or office): "he will vacate a job in government sales" Similar resign fromleavestand down fromgive upbow out ofrelinquishdepart fromwalk out onretire fromabdicateinformal:quitchuckpack inOpposite take up
   • 2. cancel or annul (a judgment, contract, or charge): "the Justices vacated a ruling by the federal appeals court"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a legal term, also in the sense ‘make ineffective’): from Latin vacat- ‘left empty’, from the verb vacare.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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