vacate — ONAD

vacate /ˈvāˌkāt, ˈveɪˌkeɪt

▸ verb [with object]

1 leave (a place that one previously occupied):

rooms must be vacated by noon on the last day of your vacation.

▪ give up (a position or office):

he will vacate a job in government sales.

2 Law cancel or annul (a judgment, contract, or charge):

the Justices vacated a ruling by the federal appeals court.

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