vacant /vāˈkənt/

1. Empty
2. Unoccupied
3. (of a period of time) not assigned to any activity, free
4. Blankly incurious
5. Unthinking
6. Inane, vacuous

vacance /və-kansˈ, -känsˈ or vaˈ/ noun (Scot)

Vacation

vāˈcancy noun

1. Emptiness
2. Empty space
3. A gap
4. An unfilled post or situation
5. A room available (in a hotel, boarding house, etc)
6. Idleness, inactivity
7. Emptiness of mind, inanity
8. Blankness
9. (a period of) leisure (obsolete)

vāˈcantly adverb

vāˈcantness noun

vacate /və-kātˈ or (N American) vāˈkāt/ transitive verb

1. To stop occupying, leave empty
2. To empty out, unload
3. To quit
4. To annul, to make useless (obsolete)

vacāˈtion noun

1. A vacating
2. A voiding
3. The holidays, esp of schools, colleges, lawcourts
4. A holiday (esp N American)
5. Leisure (obsolete)
6. An intermission (obsolete)

To take a holiday

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