3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]

He vacates my revenge.

Dryden.

Va*ca"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty,

service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]

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

of an office or a charter.

2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period

of intermission; rest; leisure.

It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened

it, to take any vacation from controversy.

Palfrey.

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