- vacation, holiday - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
--1 is a kind of leisure, leisure time
--1 has particulars:half-term; vac; field day, outing, picnic; honeymoon; paid vacation Derived form: verb holiday1 - holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
--2 is a kind of day
--2 has particulars:half-holiday; feast day, fete day; religious holiday, holy day; Christmas Eve, Dec 24; legal holiday, national holiday; Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day; Ramanavami; Mesasamkranti