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sabbatical

Leave time with pay granted to a teacher or professor after serving for six or seven years on the same faculty. Its purpose is to give an extended period of time for concentrated study.

A sabbatical year is a prolonged hiatus, typically one year, in the career of an otherwise successful individual taken in order to fulfill some dream, e.g. writing a book or travelling extensively. Some universities and other institutional employers of scientists, physicians, and/or academics offer a paid sabbatical as an employee benefit
I need a sabbatical to think over some things and get away from the daily routine.
by Adanedhel July 3, 2005
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Sabbatical

The time a businessman spends passed out on the hotel lobby floor after consuming too much alcohol at a business event. A sabbatical is often the result of someone that has Winterized or been sork'd
Joe attended the awards dinner last night and then went on sabbatical.
by Bobby Blackeyes July 12, 2011
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Sabbatical

If a colleague goes on leave for an extended period during his first few months at the company.
Dirk went on sabbatical, shortly after joining the company. His team was not happy due to his training not even being completed yet.
by Herbert Schönemeyer May 16, 2023
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sabbatical

what students who go military schools call it when they are academically suspended
so how long was you sabbatical?
o, you know the usual one semester
realy i know a guy who took a four year sabbatical and became a marine while he was gone
by charlie anne August 27, 2006
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Sabbatical

An indeterminate period of time taken by a middle-manager off-work, which may either be paid or unpaid, taken by someone who may or may not be successful, who also may or may not be in the midst of a mid-life crisis, so that they can decide what they want (or do not want) to be when they grow up, before eventually returning to their desk job after realising the golden age of piracy ended 300 years ago.
Did you hear Rob is on a sabbatical? Never picked him for a pirate. Any idea when he is back? I need him to approve my expenses
by SNothing82 September 1, 2022
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Soul Sabbatical

A period of rest taken by the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans.
Guy #1: "Man, have you seen bill in a while?"

Guy #2: "Yeah, I went to his house and he was in the middle of a soul sabbatical."
by wussy February 26, 2010
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Spank sabbatical

Taking a time out, a breather from long periods of masterbating.
My friends boyfriend is on a spank sabbatical, because he was waxing his own carrot too much, and became desinsitized , no longer able to perform intercourse with his girlfriend.
by Amawee21 May 15, 2016
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