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vacation definition

va·ca·tion (vā kā′s̸hən, və-)

noun

  1. freedom from any activity; rest; respite; intermission
  2. ☆ a period of rest and freedom from work, study, etc.; time of recreation, usually a specific interval in a year
  3. Rare the act of making vacant
  4. Law a formal recess between terms of a court

Etymology: ME vacacion < MFr < L vacatio

intransitive verb

  1. to take a vacation
  2. to spend one's vacation to vacation in Maine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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