3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leisure \Lei"sure\, a.
Unemployed; as leisure hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leisure \Lei"sure\ (l[=e]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [OE. leisere,
leiser, OF leisir F. loisir orig., permission, fr L.
licere to be permitted. See {License}.]
1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time
free from employment.
The desire of leisure is much more natural than of
business and care --Sir W.
Temple.
2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient
opportunity; hence convenience; ease.
He sighed, and had no leisure more to say --Dryden.
{At leisure}.
a Free from occupation; not busy.
b In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leisure
adj : free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his
leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure
classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the
sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida
Craven [syn: {leisure(a)}, {leisured}]
n 1: time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him
little leisure" [syn: {leisure time}]
2: freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he
lacked the leisure for golf"
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