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sabbatical

 noun
     
Related topics: Conditions of Employment
sab‧bat‧i‧cal [uncountable and countable]
BEC a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel:
She took a long sabbatical.
on sabbatical
Dr Watson's away on sabbatical.
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