Void a.
1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2.
I 'll get me to a place more void. --Shak.
I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
I may run over the story of his country. --Massinger.
2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
Divers great offices that had been long void. --Camden.
3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts xxiv. 16.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. --Prov. xi. 12.
4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. --Isa. lv. 11.
I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix. 7.
5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. “Idol, void and vain.”
6. Law Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
Void space Physics, a vacuum.
Syn: -- Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.