Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a time period when you are not required to work;
- Example: "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
time off
n 1: a time period when you are not required to work; "he
requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"
[ant: work time]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "time off":
alternate, break, coffee break, cover, do a hitch, do a stint,
do a tour, do time, downtime, enlist, fill in for, furlough,
half time, half-time intermission, have a go, have tenure,
hold office, holiday, interim, interlude, intermezzo, intermission,
intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, keep a watch,
leave, leave of absence, letup, liberty, lull, off-time,
paid holiday, paid vacation, pause, plateau, point of repose,
quiet spell, re-up, recess, reenlist, relief, relieve, respite,
resting point, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year,
serve time, shore leave, sign up, spell, spell off, take turns,
time out, vacation, weekend