A career break is a period of time out from employment. Traditionally, this is for mothers to raise children, but it is sometimes used for people taking time out of their career for personal development and/or professional development.
Famous quotes containing the words career and/or break:
“John Brown’s career for the last six weeks of his life was meteor-like, flashing through the darkness in which we live. I know of nothing so miraculous in our history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.”
—Dudley Nichols, U.S. screenwriter. Jean Renoir. Mayor (Thurston Hall)