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Vacate

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.

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Manner of action 3

Abdicate 76% connected

To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicat…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Renege 76% connected

To deny; to disown.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Renounce 76% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Resign 76% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Vacation 74% connected

The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vacation 74% connected

The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Abandon 92% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Annul 92% connected

To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Countermand 92% connected

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Empty 92% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lift 92% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overturn 92% connected

To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Renounce 92% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repeal 92% connected

To recall; to summon again, as persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rescind 92% connected

To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resign 92% connected

To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reverse 92% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Revoke 92% connected

To call or bring back; to recall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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