THESAURUS
day off
AWOL, French leave, High Holiday, High Holy Day, abeyance, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, bank holiday, break, caesura, cease-fire, church feast, cut, day of festivities, default, departure, disappearance, drop, escape, excused absence, feast, feast day, festival day, fete day, fixed feast, fleeing, furlough, gala day, hesitation, high day, holiday, holy day, hooky, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval, lapse, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, legal holiday, letup, lull, nonappearance, nonattendance, pause, recess, red-letter day, remission, respite, rest, running away, sabbatical leave, sick leave, stand-down, stay, suspension, truancy, truantism, truce, unexcused absence, vacation
