vacation

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Synonyms: vocation, vacuation, pacation, cacation, vagation, vexation, action, avocation, location, faction, halation

Antonyms: vocation, vacuation, pacation, cacation, vagation, vexation, action, avocation, location, faction, halation

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Noun

1. An extended [[trip]] or [[journey]] away from [[home]] for [[rest]] or [[pleasure]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
2. An extended period of leisure time away from [[work]] or [[school]].
3. A period during which [[official]] activity or business is formally [[suspend]]ed; an official [[holiday]] from university, law courts etc. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
4. The act of [[vacate|vacating]] something; moving out. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|US|legal}} The act of making [[legal]]ly [[void]].
6. {{lb|en|general}} [[freedom|Freedom]] from some business or activity. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Free time given over to a specific purpose; [[occupation]], [[activity]]. {{defdate|15th|17th c.}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To spend or take a vacation.

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