| Main Entry: | sabbatical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leave |
Synonyms: |
break, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, recess, time off, vacation |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiday, time off |
Synonyms: |
adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, leave-taking, liberty, parting, retirement, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
Antonyms: |
workday |
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
Synonyms: |
chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
Antonyms: |
employment, work |
| Main Entry: | vacation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | planned time spent not working |
Synonyms: |
R and R, break, breathing space, day of rest, few days off, fiesta, furlough, holiday, intermission, layoff, leave, leave of absence, liberty, long weekend, recess, recreation, respite, rest, sabbatical, spell, time off, two weeks with pay |
Antonyms: |
work |
| Main Entry: | leave of absence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time away from regular job or school |
Synonyms: |
busman's holiday, furlough, leave, liberty, sabbatical, shore leave |
| Main Entry: | sabbatical year |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | year of leave from job |
Synonyms: |
breather, furlough, leave of absence, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, time off |
| Main Entry: | time off |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leisure time |
Synonyms: |
break, breathing spell, day off, downtime, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, liberty, mental health day, pause, recess, respite, sabbatical, shore leave, sick leave, vacation |
| Concept: | Leisure. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday (rest); otium cum dignitate [Cicero], ease.
-verbs
have leisure; take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease; repose; move slowly; while away the time (inaction); be master of one's time, be an idle man.
-adjectives
leisure, leisureIy; slow; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at a loose end.
-phrases
time hanging heavy on one's hands; eile mit Weile.
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Antonyms: |
haste |
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