vacate
Empty the premises
To vacate is to leave a place empty—you vacate a hotel room, an apartment, a position.
The word implies more than simply leaving; it suggests making something available for others: We need to vacate the premises by noon.
In legal contexts, to vacate a judgment or ruling is to nullify it, rendering it void: The court vacated the conviction.
Sanctioned time away
quit · clear out · empty · withdraw · checkout · relocate · surrender · hand over
Voluntarily leave office
- step downVoluntarily leave power
- abdicateFormally renounce authority
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- retireCease employment permanently
quit · withdraw · give up · surrender · cede · renounce · stand down · hand over
leave
Sanctioned time away
abandon · quit · clear out · empty · withdraw · checkout · relocate · surrender · hand over · move away
resign
Voluntarily leave office
- step downVoluntarily leave power
- abdicateFormally renounce authority
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
retire · quit · withdraw · give up · surrender · cede · renounce · stand down · hand over · departure
annul
Declare legally void
- voidWithout legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- nullifyMake of no effect
rescind · overturn · quash · set aside · revoke · cancel · repeal · abrogate · reverse · vacatur
unoccupied
Having no occupant
deserted · abandoned · uninhabited · hollow · void · unfilled · unused · available · for rent · for lease
- lease terminationeviction, lease end, move out, notice, eviction notice
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- lodging actionscheck in, check out, book, reserve, register
- rental termsrent, lease, sublease, sublet, rented
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
vacateoccupy
Fill or dwell in
fill · inhabit · enter · take up residence · populate
- summer vacationWarm-season break from school
- on vacationAway for leisure time
- family vacationRelatives traveling together recreationally
- dream vacationIdealized travel fantasy
- vacant lotUnoccupied land parcel
- vacation timeAllotted leave from employment
vacation, vacant, vacancy, vacations, vacationing, vacationer, vacated, vacationed, vacationers