Etymology- Vacation

Much like the travel, vacation became a wide spread term in the late 14 th century. As opposed to travel which, as I stated in the previous post, can include any form of journeying, vacation is the term used when refering to enjoyable traveling. The actual meaning of the word is "freedom or release" (from some activity or occupation) "leisure, a being free from duty," "be empty, free, or at leisure" Vacation is the most common term here in the U.S. equivalent of what in Britain and Canada is called a "holiday."