noun the act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
2. vacation ·noun intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
3. vacation ·noun the time when an office is vacant; ·esp. (eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
4. vacation ·noun intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
5. vacation ·noun the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.