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SABBATICAL LEAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sabbatical leave mean?
• SABBATICAL LEAVE (noun)
The noun SABBATICAL LEAVE has 1 sense:
1. a leave usually taken every seventh year
Familiarity information: SABBATICAL LEAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leave usually taken every seventh year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
sabbatical; sabbatical leave
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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