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Definition of vacate : 1. 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.
2. To defeat; to put an end to.
3. 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.

Synonyms:

kick, abjure, chuck up the sponge, uprise, spare, sneak, quash, reverse, forego, upset, go away, airlift, erase, purloin, overrule, blot, bring down, move up, avoid, clean out, retract, override, face-lift, bring up, get up, elevate, rear, expunge, lift, revolutionise, bowl over, free, swipe, foreswear, come up, desolate, nobble, retire from, deliver, throw in, rustle, arise, turn back, tump over, withdraw from, plagiarize, reconcile, full, rub, pilfer, cabbage, scratch, throw in the towel, invert, annul, forfeit, drop out, continue, revolutionize, wind, tip over, raise, forswear, rescind, overturn, clear, lay off, snarf, subvert, cast off, strike, turn, revoke, change by reversal, allow, plagiarise, delete, submit, throw overboard, invalidate, dispense with, knock over, turn over, hook, go up, wipe, drop by the wayside, cross, recant, pinch, discharge, hoist, repudiate, filch, step down, stop, repeal, efface, cede, leave office, undo, rise, overthrow, countermand, fall by the wayside, depart from, obliterate

depart, abstract, empty, omit, void, absent

forgo, renounce, capitulate, withdraw, release, disown, disclaim, waive, give up, shed

abdicate, resign, discontinue, leave, drop, evacuate, surrender, quit, forsake, relinquish, abandon, defect, desert

cease, retire, terminate, reject, accept

disappear, annihilate, nullify, disintegrate

dispel, discard, rid, jettison, relegate, let go, dismiss, part with, dispose, cancel, vent

Usage examples:

• But Cliges, who is displeased at this, braces himself firmly in his stirrups, and goes to strike him so speedily that in spite of himself he had to vacate the saddle- bows. - "Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot"", Chretien DeTroyes.
• He would have to vacate. - "Comrade Yetta", Albert Edwards.
• Wall, Miss, said the captain, whose name was Thomas, I guess that you and the youngster will be almost ready to vacate these apartments; so, if you please, I will send you off to the ship, the Harpoon- that's her name- of Norfolk, in the United States. - "Mr. Meeson's Will", H. Rider Haggard.