void

[[t]vɔɪd[/t]]

adj.

1) law having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable

2) useless; ineffectual; vain

3) devoid; destitute (usu. fol. by of):

a life void of meaning[/ex]

4) without contents; empty

5) gov without an incumbent, as an office; vacant

6) gam (in cards) having no cards in a suit

7) an empty space; emptiness:

He disappeared into the void[/ex]

8) a state or feeling of loss or privation:

His death left a great void in her life[/ex]

9) a gap or opening

10) a vacancy; vacuum

11) gam (in cards) lack of cards in a suit:

a void in clubs[/ex]

12) to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify:

to void a check[/ex]

13) to empty; discharge; evacuate

14) to clear or empty (often fol. by of)

15) archaic to depart from; vacate

16) to defecate or urinate

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Etymology: 1250–1300; < OF « L vocīvus, vacīvus unoccupied void′a•ble, adj. void′er, n.