Thesaurus: avocation

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1. n. A calling away; a diversion.
2. n. That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
3. n. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
4. n. an auxiliary activity
5. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usualemployment; vocation.There are professions, among the men, no more favorable to thesestudies than the common avocations of women. Richardson.In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, andreturned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay.An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choosethe wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixedpursuits of agriculture. Buckle.
6. n:100 n. an auxiliary activity