vacate

vacate is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
2. transitive verb. 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.
3. transitive verb. To defeat; to put an end to.
4. verb. cancel officially

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"

   "lift an embargo"

   Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke

5. verb. leave behind empty; move out of

   "You must vacate your office by tonight"

   Synonyms: abandon, empty

6. verb. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

   "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"

   "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

   Synonyms: renounce, resign

Synonyms

annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, abandon, empty, renounce, resign

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vacate:

cavate, caveat

Common word forms

vacated, vacates, vacating

Words from these letters

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