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vacation

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         vacating;                                                           a                                                         making                                                         void                                                         or                                                         of                                                           no                                                         force;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           vacation                                                         of                                                         an                                                         office                                                         or                                                           a                                                         charter.                                    

            2.                                           Intermission                                                         of                                                           a                                                           stated                                                         employment,                                                           procedure,                                                         or                                                         office;                                                           a                                                         period                                                         of                                                         intermission;                                                         rest;                                                         leisure.                                    

            3.                                           Intermission                                                         of                                                         judicial                                                           proceedings;                                                         the                                                           space                                                         of                                                         time                                                         between                                                         the                                                         end                                                         of                                                         one                                                         term                                                         and                                                         the                                                         beginning                                                         of                                                         the                                                         next;                                                         nonterm;                                                         recess.                                    

            4.                                           The                                                         intermission                                                         of                                                         the                                                         regular                                                           studies                                                         and                                                           exercises                                                         of                                                         an                                                         educational                                                         institution                                                         between                                                           terms;                                                           holidays;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           spring                                                           vacation.                                    

            5.                                           The                                                         time                                                         when                                                         an                                                         office                                                         is                                                         vacant;                                                           esp. (                                                          Eccl.),                                                         the                                                         time                                                         when                                                           a                                                         see,                                                         or                                                         other                                                           spiritual                                                         dignity,                                                         is                                                         vacant.

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" Well, I suppose you'll take a long vacation now," said Mary Nestor, to Tom, when he called on her one evening to present her a unique ring, with the stones set in some of the platinum he had dug in the Siberian mine. - "Tom Swift and his Air Glider or, Seeking the Platinum Treasure", Victor Appleton.
This leaves about five months of vacation, or of time between terms, when much that has been learned is forgotten. - "Rural Life and the Rural School", Joseph Kennedy.
Strangers always do too little or too much; and there is a young man at Littleworthy for the long vacation who can help on a Sunday. - "The Clever Woman of the Family", Charlotte M. Yonge.

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