Vacation

Definition of vacation:

part of speech: noun

Act of vacating; intermission of duty; recess.

part of speech: noun

A vacating or making void, or invalid: freedom from duty, etc.: recess: break in the sittings of law- courts: school and college holidays.

part of speech: noun

The act of making empty or leaving without an occupant; a making void; a short or long interruption in work or business; as, he took only a day's vacation; a period of leisure or rest; a holiday.

Usage examples for vacation:

• St. Ursula's vacation was at hand; in a few days more she would be gone- and very possibly she would never come back. "Just Patty", Jean Webster.

• I think during the Vacation pains may be taken with the House of Commons so as to give us a fair majority, and if the Catholics act steadily we should be able to carry the point. "William Pitt and the Great War", John Holland Rose.

• It was the first real vacation he had ever taken. "Comrade Yetta", Albert Edwards.

• I'm having a great vacation day. "Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D.", Nellie M. Leonard.