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sab·bat·i·cal leave

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sabbatical, sabbatical leavenoun

    a leave usually taken every seventh year

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  1. sabbatical leave

    A sabbatical (from the Hebrew: שַׁבָּת Šabat (i.e., Sabbath); in Latin sabbaticus; Greek: sabbatikos σαββατικός) is a rest or break from work. The concept of the sabbatical is based on the Biblical practice of shmita (sabbatical year), which is related to agriculture. According to Leviticus 25, Jews in the Land of Israel must take a year-long break from working the fields every seven years. Starting with Harvard University in 1880, many universities and other institutional employers of scientists, physicians, and academics offer the opportunity to qualify for paid sabbatical as an employee benefit, called sabbatical leave. Early academic sabbatical policies were designed to aid their faculty in resting and recovering, but were also provided in order to facilitate "advancements in knowledge in vogue elsewhere...an intellectual and practical necessity" for both the professors and university education more broadly. Present day academic sabbaticals typically excuse the grantee from day to day teaching and departmental duties, though progress on research is expected to continue, if not increase, while away. Academic sabbaticals come in the form of either semester-long or full-academic year terms. A sabbatical has also come to mean a lengthy, intentional break from a career. The popularity of sabbaticals for non-academics has increased in the 21st century: 17% of companies offered some sort of sabbatical policy to their employees in 2017, according to a survey by the Society For Human Resource Management. There are very few norms and expectations for non-academic, or professional, sabbaticals. They can be paid or unpaid, affiliated with one's employer or self-directed, and have a variety of durations, from several weeks to over a year.

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  1. sabbatical leave

    A sabbatical leave is a break or time off from work, often with pay, that is granted by an employer to an employee for the purpose of personal or professional development, rest, or research. This type of leave typically occurs every seven years, lasts several months to one year, and is often provided in academic and research environments.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sabbatical leave in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sabbatical leave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sabbatical leave in a Sentence

  1. Ashwani Mahajan:

    The country would not lose anything if these foreign economists leave the country, nation building cannot be done by people on sabbatical leave.


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