| verb | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily “She vacated the position when she got pregnant” |
| verb | leave behind empty; move out of “You must vacate your office by tonight” |
| verb | cancel officially “He revoked the ban on smoking” |
| vacant | adjective | without an occupant or incumbent |
| resignation | noun | the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) |
| revocation | noun | the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done |
| annulment | noun | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
| countermand | noun | a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command |
| reversible | adjective | capable of being reversed |
| reverse | noun | a relation of direct opposition |
| reversal | noun | a decision to reverse an earlier decision |
| repeal | noun | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation |
| recission | noun | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made |
| rescission | noun | (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made |
| vacation | noun | the act of making something legally void |