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.