| | Mon 27 Jul 2009 - 22:21 # | va⋅ca⋅tion
[vey-key-shuh n, vuh-] –noun 1. | a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. | 2. | a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended. | 3. | freedom or release from duty, business, or activity. | 4. | an act or instance of vacating. | –verb (used without object) 5. | to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean. | Origin: 1350–1400; < L vacātiōn- (s. of vacātiō freedom from something; see vacate, -ion ); r. ME vacacioun < AF Related forms: va⋅ca⋅tion⋅er, va⋅ca⋅tion⋅ist, noun va⋅ca⋅tion⋅less, adjective | | |
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