vacations

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

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