What does VACATE mean?

Definitions for VACATE
ˈveɪ keɪt; esp. Brit. vəˈkeɪt, veɪ-va·cate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vacate, resign, renounce, give upverb

    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"

  2. vacate, empty, abandonverb

    leave behind empty; move out of

    "You must vacate your office by tonight"

  3. revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacateverb

    cancel officially

    "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

Wiktionary

  1. vacateverb

    To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.

  2. vacateverb

    To leave an office or position.

    He vacated his coaching position because of the corruption scandal.

  3. vacateverb

    To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.

    The judge vacated the earlier decision when new evidence was presented.

  4. vacateverb

    To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.

    If you do not immediately vacate the area, we will make you leave with tear gas!

  5. Etymology: Latin vacare 'leave empty'.

Wikipedia

  1. vacate

    A vacated judgment (also known as vacatur relief) makes a previous legal judgment legally void. A vacated judgment is usually the result of the judgment of an appellate court, which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court. An appellate court may also vacate its own decisions. A trial court may have the power under certain circumstances, usually involving fraud or lack of jurisdiction over the parties to a case, to vacate its own judgments. A vacated judgment may free the parties to civil litigation to re-litigate the issues subject to the vacated judgment. Another means of having a vacated judgment would be if the defendant dies prior to all appeals being exhausted.

ChatGPT

  1. vacate

    To vacate means to leave or give up possession or occupancy of a place, such as a house, room, or position. It can also refer to the act of making something void or invalid, particularly in a legal context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vacateverb

    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. Vacateverb

    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. Vacateverb

    to defeat; to put an end to

  4. Etymology: [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. vacate

    To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission.

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Anagrams for VACATE »

  1. caveat

  2. cavate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of VACATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of VACATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of VACATE in a Sentence

  1. Samuel Adams:

    If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of Almighty God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.

  2. Dylann Roof:

    This Court should vacate Roof's convictions and death sentence.

  3. District Attorney Jackie Lacey:

    In a few instances, new evidence is discovered and, on rare occasions, mistakes are found, whenever we receive new credible information that may exonerate a person, the responsibility is on us, as prosecutors, to re-examine the facts and, if appropriate, to seek to vacate a wrongful conviction.

  4. Tony Gonzalez:

    I’m against the rules for a couple different reasons. One is the cut in defense spending, I think that’s an absolutely terrible idea, the other is the vacate the chair. I mean I don’t want to see us every two months be in lockdown.

  5. Ken Thompson:

    Wrongful convictions ultimately destroy the lives of the people who are wrongfully convicted, as well as their families, and also do great damage to the integrity of the justice system, the people of Brooklyn elected me to ensure that justice is done and that is what my decision to vacate Derrick Hamilton’s conviction reflects.

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