vacation

¹va·ca·tion

noun, often attributive \vā-ˈkā-shən, və-\

Definition of VACATION

1

: a respite or a time of respite from something : intermission

2

a : a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended b : a period of exemption from work granted to an employee

3

: a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation <had a restful vacation at the beach>

4

: an act or an instance of vacating

Examples of VACATION

1. Family vacations were a high point in my childhood.
2. When are you taking vacation this year?
3. Employees are entitled to 120 hours of paid vacation.
4. I don't have any vacation days left.
5. We have a one-week vacation in February.
6. The university will be closed for Christmas vacation.

Origin of VACATION

Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from Latin vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to VACATION

Synonyms: break, holiday [chiefly British], hols [British], leave, recess

Related Words: sabbatical; furlough, liberty; breather, relaxation, respite, rest; interim, intermission, interval; feast, holy day, legal holiday; idling, loafing, lounging, slacking

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Rhymes with VACATION

aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation