Definition of: vacation

(vā·kā′shən) noun
1. An intermission of activity, employment, or stated exercises, as for recreation or rest; a holiday.
2. Law The period of time intervening between stated terms of court.
3. The intermission of the course of studies and exercises in an educational institution.
4. The act of vacating.
5. Obs. The time during which an office is vacant.
—v.i. To take a vacation. [<F <L vacatio, -onis freedom from duty <vacatus. See VACATE.]
—va·ca′tion·er noun