vacation

va-ca-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling.

  2. 2.

    A period of time when schools, courts, or businesses are closed.

  3. 3.

    The action of leaving something one previously occupied.

Forms

plural: vacations

Related words

Antonyms: labor, work
See also: vacate, vacationer
Synonyms: break, getaway, holiday

Etymology

From Latin vacatio (exemption, freedom, leisure), from vacare (to be empty or free).