Vacation1. (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
2. (n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
3. (n.) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
4. (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
5. (n.) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
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