va·ca·tion  (vā-kā'shən, və-)  n.
To take or spend a vacation. [Middle English vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacātiō, vacātiōn-, freedom from occupation, from vacātus, past participle of vacāre, to be empty, at leisure; see euə- in Indo-European roots.] va·ca'tion·er, va·ca'tion·eer' (-shə-nîr') n. |