noun.
The act of vacating.
noun.
A space of time, or a condition, in which there is an intermission of a stated employment or procedure; a stated interval in a round of duties; a holiday.
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Specifically— In law, temporary cessation of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term of court and the beginning of the next; the period during which a court holds no sessions; recess; non-term. In England the vacations are—Christmas vacation, commencing on December 24th and ending January 6th; Easter vacation, commencing on Good Friday and ending on Easter Tuesday; Whitsun vacation, commencing on the Saturday before and ending on the Tuesday after Whitsunday; and the long vacation, commencing on August 13th and ending on October 23d.
noun.
The intermission of the regular studies of an educational institution of any kind, when the students have a recess; holidays: as, the summer vacation.
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The act of becoming vacant; avoidance: said especially of a see or other spiritual dignity.
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Freedom from duty; leisure time.