Definition of
Vacation
- (noun, act) the act of making something legally void
- (noun, time) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico - (verb, stative) spend or take a vacation
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Synonyms of Vacation
Alternate forms of Vacation
Derivations: vacate, vacation, vacationer, vacationing, vacationist
Hyponyms: field day, half-term, honeymoon, outing, paid vacation, picnic, vac
Hypernyms: abrogation, annulment, leisure, leisure time, pass, repeal, spend
Origin of the word Vacation
- late 14c., "freedom or release" (from some activity or occupation), from O.Fr. vacation, from L. vacationem (nom. vacatio) "leisure, a being free from duty," from vacare "be empty, free, or at leisure" (see vain). Meaning "formal suspension of activity" (in ref. to schools, courts, etc.) is recorded from c.1456. As the U.S. equivalent of what in Brit… more
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