Sleep-in

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of sleeping in, sleeping late, sleeping until one feels fully refreshed rather than rising at a prespecified time.

    "I didn’t have anything to do Saturday morning, so I decided to have a sleep-in."

Synonyms

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lie-in

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"I like to sleep-in on weekends."

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