vacant
vacant definition
va·cant (vā′kənt)
adjective
- having nothing in it, as a space; devoid of contents; empty; void
- not held, filled, or occupied, as a position or office
- having no occupant a vacant seat
- untenanted, as a room or house
- not filled with activity or work; free; leisure vacant time
- having or showing emptiness of mind or lack of intelligence, interest, thought, etc.
- empty of thought: said of the mind
- Law
- unoccupied or unused, as land
- having no claimant, as an estate or succession
- not yet granted, as public lands
Etymology: OFr < L vacans, prp. of vacare, to be empty
Related Forms:
- vacantly va′·cantly adverb
- vacantness va′·cant·ness noun
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