vacation
noun
[ vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts.
• "the Easter vacation"
• the action of leaving something one previously occupied.
• "his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship"
vacation
verb
• take a holiday.
• "I was vacationing in Europe with my family"
Similar:
take a break,
travel,
tour,
stay,
visit,
stop over,
holiday,
take a holiday,
be on holiday,
sojourn,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vacatio(n- ), from vacare ‘be unoccupied’ (see vacate).
