Definition of vacation

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va·ca·tion    (v-kshn, v-) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A period of time devoted to pleasure, rest, or relaxation, especially one with pay granted to an employee.
2. 1. A holiday.
   2. A fixed period of holidays, especially one during which a school, court, or business suspends activities.
3. Archaic The act or an instance of vacating.

intr.v.
va·ca·tioned, va·ca·tion·ing, va·ca·tions

To take or spend a vacation.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacti, vactin-, freedom from occupation, from vactus, past participle of vacre, to be empty, at leisure; see eu- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
va·cation·er or va·cation·eer  (-sh-nîr) KEY (Noun)