vacation

Plural: vacations

Noun

• leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  • "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"
• the act of making something legally void
• Freedom from some business or activity.
• Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
• A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
• A stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
• An extended period of time away from work or school.
• The act of vacating something; moving out.
• The act of making legally void.

Verb

Verb Forms: vacationed, vacationing, vacations

• To take a period of time away from work or duties.
• spend or take a vacation
• To spend or take a vacation.

Examples

• Schoolchildren are on vacation this week.
• Sometimes I wish my opponent would just VACATION from Words With Friends for a bit.
• The Conservative Party’s vacation of the centre ground gave an opportunity to its opponents.
• This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.

Synonyms

holiday, annual leave, annulment, break, day off, departure, getaway, go on holiday, go on vacation, leave, leave of absence, moveout, pause, recess, revocation, time away, time off, vac, vaca, vacation, vacay

Related Words

celebration, vacate

Anagrams of vacation