| VERB | social | vacate, resign, renounce, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | vacate, empty, abandon | leave behind empty | |
| communication | vacate, revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind | cancel officially |
| Sounds | vey'keyt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "She vacated the position when she got pregnant" | |
| Synonyms | resign, renounce, give up | |
| Narrower | abdicate, renounce | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Spanish | dimitir, renegar, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir, renegar, renunciar | |
| Adjectives | vacant | without an occupant or incumbent |
| Meaning | leave behind empty; move out of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "You must vacate your office by tonight" | |
| Synonyms | empty, abandon | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Spanish | abandonar, desalojar, evacuar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, desallotjar, evacuar | |
| Adjectives | vacant | without an occupant or incumbent |
| Meaning | Cancel officially. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "vacate a death sentence" | |
| Synonyms | revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind | |
| Narrower | renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation |
| Broader | cancel, strike down | declare null and void |
| Spanish | anular, cancelar, contradecir, dar una contraorden, derogar, invalidar, invertir, rescindir, retractar, revocar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, derogar, invertir, revocar | |
| Nouns | vacation | the act of making something legally void |
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