[vey-key-shuh
n, vuh-] 
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended. |
| 3. | freedom or release from duty, business, or activity. |
| 4. | an act or instance of vacating. |
| 5. | to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean. |
| 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. |