SABBATICAL LEAVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leave usually taken every seventh year

Synonyms:

sabbatical; sabbatical leave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("sabbatical leave" is a kind of...):

leave; leave of absence (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sabbatical leave"):

sabbatical year (a sabbatical leave lasting one year)

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