VACA'TION, noun [Latin vacatio.] 1. The act of making void, vacant, or of no validity; as the vacation of a charter. 2. Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; non-term. 3. The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of a college or other seminary, when the students have a recess. 4. Intermission of a stated employment. 5. The time when a see or other spiritual dignity is vacant. During the vacation of a bishopric, the dean and chapter are guardians of the spiritualities. 6. Leisure; freedom from trouble or perplexity. [Now little used.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI