[va.can.cy] n, pl -cies (1599) 1 archaic: an interval of leisure
2: physical or mental inactivity or relaxation: idleness 3 a: a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property b: the time such office or property is vacant
4: a vacant office, post, or tenancy
5: empty space: void; specif: an unoccupied site for an atom or ion in a crystal
6: the state of being vacant: vacuity