vacate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vacate /veɪˈkeɪt, vəˈkeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 leave (a place).
■ give up (a position or job).
- 2 Law cancel or annul (a judgement, contract, or charge).
– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as vacation): from L. vacat-, vacare ‘leave empty’.
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