a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday

Schoolchildren are on vacation now.

a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended.

freedom or release from duty, business, or activity.

an act or instance of vacating.

to take or have a vacation

to vacation in the Caribbean.

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work

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break , breathing space * , day of rest , few days off , fiesta , furlough , holiday , intermission , layoff , leave , leave of absence , liberty , long weekend , r and r * , recess , recreation , respite , rest , sabbatical , spell , time off , two weeks with pay , abdication , abrogation , evacuation , holidays , invalidation , leisure , resignation , spite , trip