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   vacation

   /vəˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts: "the Easter vacation"
   • ▪ an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in travelling; a holiday: North American "he took a vacation in the south of France" Similar triptourbreakstopoverday offrecessadjournmentfurloughrestrespiteleave of absenceleavetime offholidayholidaysminibreakinformal:staycationholsvacvacayformal:sojournOpposite workterm
   • 2. the action of leaving something one previously occupied: "his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship" Similar quittingevacuationabandonmentdesertionrelinquishmentleavingdeparture fromexit fromwithdrawal fromOpposite occupation

   verb

   • 1. take a holiday: North American "I was vacationing in Europe with my family"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n-), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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