THESAURUS
vacation
AWOL, Christmas, French leave, Sunday, abeyance, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, annulment, break, breathing space, caesura, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cassation, cease-fire, coffee break, countermand, counterorder, cut, day off, default, defeasance, departure, disappearance, downtime, drop, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough, go on furlough, go on leave, half time, half-time intermission, hesitation, holiday, hooky, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, invalidation, lapse, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, letup, liberty, lull, make holiday, nonappearance, nonattendance, nullification, off-time, paid holiday, paid
vacation, pause, plateau, point of repose, quiet spell, recall, recantation, recess, relief, remission, renege, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, respite, rest, resting point, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, revokement, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, setting aside, shore leave, sick leave, stand-down, stay, suspension, take a holiday, take leave, time off, time out, truancy, truantism, truce, unexcused absence, vacatur, voidance, voiding, waiver, waiving, weekend, withdrawal, write-off
ROGET THESAURUS
vacation
Repose
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repose, rest, silken repose, sleep, relaxation, breathing time, halt, stay, pause, respite, day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day,
vacation, recess, reposing, relaxed, unstrained, unstressed, at rest, The best of men have ever loved repose, to repair our nature with comforting repose.