Definition of
Vacation
- (noun, time) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico - (noun, act) the act of making something legally void
- (verb, stative) spend or take a vacation
- (noun, time) leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
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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 Britain is called a "holiday," it is attested from 1878.
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
People who say Vacation
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RachelED_PJ @ThaliaGracePJ well I'm fine after a great vacation outside the camp... I thought you've been hunting... *smiles*
ruthdelanoy I'm jealous of everyone who is going on vacation this summer #stranded
Beauty_fulIAM15 I done witness so much in this lil hour I done been here tonite... But that's ok bout to have me a nice 5 day vacation!!!
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Words that sound like Vacation
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