What is the meaning of vacate?

Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.
- usage: "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
- synonyms: resign, renounce, give up
Leave behind empty; move out of.
- usage: "You must vacate your office by tonight"
- synonyms: empty, abandon
Cancel officially.
- usage: "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
- synonyms: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind

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