the act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.-intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.-intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.-the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.-the time when an office is vacant; esp. (eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.