VACATION

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from Latin ~-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare Date: 14th century a respite or a time of respite from something ; intermission , 2. a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended, a period of exemption from work granted to an employee, a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation , an act or an instance of vacating, II. intransitive verb (-tioned; ~ing) Date: 1883 to take or spend a ~ , ~er noun