Ever fall asleep while Insta-scrolling on your smartphoneâor purposely leave it on your bed while you snooze? Youâre not alone: 44% of cell phone owners have snoozed with their phone next to their bed to make sure they didnât miss any crucial calls or texts, according to the Pew Internet Project.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Vacation(noun) the act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. 2  Vacation(noun) intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
Word Origin and History for vacation Expand n. late 14c., freedom from obligations, leisure, release (from some activity or occupation), from Old French vacation, from Latin vacationem (nominative vacatio) leisure, a being free from duty, noun of state from past participle stem of vacare be empty, free, or at leisure (see vain).