<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>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</li><li>a part of the year, regularly set aside, when normal activities of law courts, legislatures, etc., are suspended</li><li>freedom or release from duty, business, or activity</li><li>an act or instance of vacating</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to take or have a vacation: to vacation in the Caribbean</li></ul>