About The Word Vacation
![Bay Area Crosswords Bay Area Crosswords](/images/bayareacrosswords.jpg)
Learn about the word Vacation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Vacation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Vacation
![Vacation Meaning & Definition Vacation Meaning & Definition](/images/wordmeaningdefinition.jpg)
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Red lauan ‐ valuable Philippine timber tree [n] hard heavy red wood of the…
- Gazump ‐ raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price…
- Ximenesia encelioides ‐ coarse grayish green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern…
- Cubitus ‐ the arm from the elbow to the fingertips [n] hinge joint between…
- Siberian ‐ a native or inhabitant of Siberia [adj] of or relating to or…
- Genus banksia ‐ important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with…
- Commelinidae ‐ one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises…
- Appetite suppressant ‐ a drug that…
- Retard ‐ a person of subnormal intelligence [v] cause to move more slowly…
- Ranunculus repens ‐ perennial European herb with long…