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:
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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.