văcŭĭtas, ātis, f. [vacuus].
I Lit., concr., empty space , a vacancy , vacuity : interveniorum vacuitates, Vitr. 2, 7.—
II Transf., a being without , a freedom , absence , exemption from any thing (class.; cf. vacatio).
1 With gen.: liberatio et vacuitas omnis molestiae, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: doloris, id. ib. 2, 5, 16; 2, 6, 18; 2, 11, 35; 2, 12, 37: aegritudinis, id. Tusc. 5, 14, 42.—
2 With ab and abl.: vacuitas ab angoribus, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73.—
B Esp., a vacancy in an office: consulum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 2.