noun. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee.

noun. undefined

noun. A holiday.

noun. A fixed period of holidays, especially one during which a school, court, or business suspends activities.

noun. The act or an instance of vacating.

intransitive verb. To take or spend a vacation.

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.

noun. 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.

noun. The act of becoming vacant; avoidance: said especially of a see or other spiritual dignity.

noun. Freedom from duty; leisure time.

noun. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force.

noun. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.

noun. Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.

noun. A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school). Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.

noun. The time when an office is vacant

noun. (law) the act of making legally void.

verb. To spend or take a vacation.

noun. the act of making something legally void

verb. spend or take a vacation

noun. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

"A great outdoor enthusiast, John believes that the word vacation is synonymous with white-water rafting and long, arduous hikes in the woods."

long vacation  

vacate  

Travel  

abrogation  annulment  repeal  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

adventure  cabana  cruise  entertainment  evening  

1  2  4  AWOL  Christmas  

vacationed  vacationing  vacations