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      vacation
      noun
      An extended period of leisure time away from work or school.
      An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
      A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
      (general) Freedom from some business or activity.
      The act of vacating something; moving out.
      (US, law) The act of making legally void.
      (video games, slang) A user's enforced absence from the Steam video-gaming service and its community, as a result of being banned for cheating.
      (obsolete) Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
      verb
      (intransitive) To spend or take a vacation.
      Roots
      vacovac- · Latin · be empty
      Synonyms for vacation
      holidaynfurloughn
      Words related to vacation
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      Where does vacation come from?

      The word vacation breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vac-, from Latin vaco (“be empty”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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