Lawhaving no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
useless; ineffectual; vain.
devoid; destitute (usually fol. by of ):a life void of meaning.
without contents; empty.
Governmentwithout an incumbent, as an office.
Mathematics(of a set) empty.
Games(in cards) having no cards in a suit.
n.
an empty space; emptiness:He disappeared into the void.
something experienced as a loss or privation:His death left a great void in her life.
a gap or opening, as in a wall.
a vacancy; vacuum.
Printing[Typography.]counter3 (def. 10).
Games(in cards) lack of cards in a suit:a void in clubs.
v.t.
to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify:to void a check.
to empty; discharge; evacuate:to void excrement.
to clear or empty (often fol. by of ):to void a chamber of occupants.
[Archaic.]to depart from; vacate.
v.i.
to defecate or urinate.
Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun, nominal) derivative of the adjective, adjectival
Anglo-French voider, Old French
Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (verb, verbal) Middle English voiden
Anglo-French, Old French
(adjective, adjectival) Middle English voide 1250–1300
void′ness, n.
3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See empty.
5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vacant, unoccupied.