va·cate 
(vākāt′, vā-kāt)
(vākāt′, vā-kāt)v. va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing, va·cates
v.tr.
1.
a. To cease to occupy (a lodging or place); leave: vacate an apartment.
b. To cease to hold (a job or position): vacated his position on the firm's board.
2. Law To make void or annul (an erroneous lower court decision): vacate a death sentence.
v.intr.
To leave a lodging, place, job, or position.
[Latin vacāre, vacāt-, to be empty; see euə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]