Antonyms for vocation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : voh-key-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : voʊˈkeɪ ʃən

Definition of vocation

Origin : early 15c., "spiritual calling," from Latin vocationem (nominative vocatio), literally "a calling," from vocatus "called," past participle of vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s.

noun life's work

Example sentences :

But he has lit upon his vocation at last—he is a born pudding-maker.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

My present vocation pays well; in fact, I am beginning to lay by.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He is fitted for his vocation; he has watched all night by his armor.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Unless you consider it your vocation to be a wealthy American.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

She opened her school with thirty scholars and found out her vocation.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

That is to say, writing was his vocation and his recreation as well.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

Is it necessary that he should be a dolt in order to be fitted for his vocation?
Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo

As such, it is their vocation to find out what the public want, and to supply it to them.
Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst

What efforts are being made today to raise the moral code in this vocation?
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

What would you say to my taking the veil, for I fancy I 've some vocation that way?
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for vocation

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