n. The act of vacating.n. A space of time, or a condition, in which there is an intermission of a stated employment or procedure; a stated interval in a round of duties; a holiday.n. Specifically— In law, temporary cessation of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term of court and the beginning of the next; the period during which a court holds no sessions; recess; non-term. In England the vacations are—Christmas vacation, commencing on December 24th and ending January 6th; Easter vacation, commencing on Good Friday and ending on Easter Tuesday; Whitsun vacation, commencing on the Saturday before and ending on the Tuesday after Whitsunday; and the long vacation, commencing on August 13th and ending on October 23d.n. The intermission of the regular studies of an educational institution of any kind, when the students have a recess; holidays: as, the summer vacation.n. The act of becoming vacant; avoidance: said especially of a see or other spiritual dignity.n. Freedom from duty; leisure time.