Void and Empty

noun

• The state of nonexistence.
  • synonyms: nothingness, nullity, nihility
• An empty area or space.
  • usage: "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
  • synonyms: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

verb

• Declare invalid.
  • usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
• Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle. of something)
  • usage: "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
• Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
  • usage: "invalidate a contract"
  • synonyms: invalidate, vitiate
• Excrete or discharge from the body.
  • synonyms: evacuate, empty

adjective

• Lacking any legal or binding force.
  • usage: "null and void"
  • synonyms: null
• Containing nothing.
  • usage: "the earth was without form, and void"

• (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
• (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
• (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
• (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning or of common use.
• (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.
• (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
• (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
• (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
• (v.i.) To be emitted or evacuated.
• (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
• (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Having no legal force or binding effect; a nullity; not enforceable. A' void' agreement is no contract at all. A void contract need not be disaffirmed, nor can it be ratified. A contract for an illegal purpose (for example, gambling) is void. A voidable contract is one that is able to be voided. Voidable implies a valid act that may be rejected by an act of disaffirmance, rather than an invalid act that may be confirmed. For example, if a minor contracts to buy a diamond ring, the contract can be voided by the minor because of lack of sufficient age. If, however, the minor elects to enforce the contract, the contract is valid and the other party cannot assert the minor's lack of age as a defense.

noun

• A container that has been emptied.
  • usage: "return all empties to the store"

verb

• Make void or empty of contents.
  • usage: "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
• Become empty or void of its content.
  • usage: "The room emptied"
  • synonyms: discharge
• Leave behind empty; move out of.
  • usage: "You must vacate your office by tonight"
  • synonyms: vacate, abandon
• Remove.
  • usage: "Empty the water"
• Excrete or discharge from the body.
  • synonyms: evacuate, void

adjective

• Holding or containing nothing.
  • usage: "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
• Devoid of significance or point.
  • usage: "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
  • synonyms: hollow, vacuous
• Needing nourishment.
  • usage: "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
  • synonyms: empty-bellied
• Emptied of emotion.
  • usage: "after the violent argument he felt empty"

• (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
• (superl.) Destitute of reality or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
• (v.i.) To become empty.
• (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, especially in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties.".
• (superl.) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.
• (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.
• (superl.) Destitute of effect, sincerity or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words or threats.
• (superl.) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.
• (v.i.) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
• (v.t.) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
• (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
• (superl.) Destitute of or lacking, sense, knowledge or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.