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Vacation

Vacation Meaning & Definition
Vacation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vacation?

[n] the act of making something legally void
[n] leisure time away from work; devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico;"
[v] spend or take a vacation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vacation: holiday | holiday

Related Terms | Find terms related to Vacation:

See Also | abrogation | annulment | field day | half-term | honeymoon | honeymoon | leisure | leisure time | outing | paid vacation | pass | picnic | repeal | spend | vac

Vacation In Webster's Dictionary

\Va*ca"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See {Vacate}.] 1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. 2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. --Palfrey. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. ``With lawyers in the vacation.'' --Shak. (b) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation. (c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.

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