VACATION

vacation

(noun) the act of making something legally void

vacation, holiday

(noun) 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”

vacation, holiday

(verb) spend or take a vacation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations)

Freedom from some business or activity. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity. [15th-17th c.]

A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc. [from 15th c.]

(North America) A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

The act of vacating something; moving out. [from 19th c.]

(US, legal) The act of making legally void.

Synonyms

• (freedom from some activity): holiday (UK)

• (free time given over to a specific purpose): annulment, revocation

• (a stretch of leisure time away from work): holiday (UK); see also vacation

• (act of vacating something): departure, moveout

Verb

vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed)

(intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.

Synonyms

• (UK) go on holiday

• go on vacation

• holiday

Anagrams

• Octavian

Source: Wiktionary


Va*ca"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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