leisure

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English leyser, from Anglo-Norman leisir, variant of Old French loisir (“to enjoy oneself”) (Modern French loisir survives as a noun), substantive use of a verb, from Latin licēre (“be permitted”). Displaced native Old English ǣmetta.

1. Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
2. Free time, time free from work or duties.

   “The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.”

   “Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment.”

3. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.

   “He sigh'd, and had no leisure more to say.”