sabbatical year
Professor's extended break
A sabbatical year is a period of paid leave granted to university professors and some other professionals, typically every seventh year, for rest, research, or travel.
The term comes from the biblical practice of letting farmland lie fallow every seventh year.
Now often shortened to sabbatical: She's on sabbatical this semester, He spent his sabbatical writing a book.
Protected employment status
- professorSenior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
publication · study · leave · faculty · scholarship · semester · dissertation · fieldwork
Named royal anniversary event
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
- Mosaic LawPentateuchal legal code
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
Judaism · Talmud · Halacha · Biblical · commandment · debt release · covenant · Hebrew calendar
Break in activity
- breakInterrupt continuity
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- leaveSanctioned time away
- time offScheduled absence from duties
recharge · downtime · pause · retreat · stepping back · decompression · breather · intermission
Unplanted field recovering
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- soil fertilityEarth's crop-growing potential
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sustainable farmingLand use preserving future yields
regenerative · cover crops · soil restoration · land management · soil health
Complete self-transformation
- transformationThorough change in form
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
new direction · perspective shift · creativity · inspiration · exploration · self-discovery · clarity · purpose
tenure
Protected employment status
- professorSenior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
fellowship · publication · study · leave · faculty · scholarship · semester · dissertation · fieldwork · teaching
Jubilee
Named royal anniversary event
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- LeviticusHebrew scripture of rituals
- Mosaic LawPentateuchal legal code
Israelites · Judaism · Talmud · Halacha · Biblical · commandment · debt release · covenant · Hebrew calendar · forgiveness
hiatus
Break in activity
time off · recharge · downtime · pause · retreat · stepping back · decompression · breather · intermission · career pause
fallow
Unplanted field recovering
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- soil fertilityEarth's crop-growing potential
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
sustainable farming · regenerative · cover crops · soil restoration · land management · soil health
reinvention
Complete self-transformation
- transformationThorough change in form
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
rediscovery · new direction · perspective shift · creativity · inspiration · exploration · self-discovery · clarity · purpose · reset
- yearscalendar year, fiscal year, leap year, common year, school year
- Biblical agricultureplowing, sowing, harvesting, reaping, threshing
- Mosaic lawMoses, Mosaic law, Ten Commandments, tablets of stone, commandment
- Hebrew yearsjubilee year
- Jewish Agriculturemixed seeds, field labor, fallow fields, ethical farming, kibbutz
- mitzvotmitzvah, mitzvot, commandments, Torah laws, halakhah
sabbatical yearactive duty
Current military employment status
full-time work · business as usual · active service · on the job · in harness
sabbatical yearretirement
Leaving the workforce permanently
career end · termination · resignation · dismissal · redundancy
sabbatical yearcrunch time
High-pressure final stretch
peak season · high season · busy season · overtime · heavy workload