step down (from)

verb

Definition of step down (from)next
1
as in to leave
to give up (a job or office) with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board

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2
as in to resign
to give up (as a position of authority) formally even in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for step down (from)
  1. leave
  2. resign
  3. relinquish
  4. abdicate
  5. quit
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  • That leaves a hole on the Bombers' infield that had mostly been occupied since 2018.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Nixon went on to win the presidency eight years later and later left office in disgrace following the Watergate scandal.
    Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of leave
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  • The Hill: Former John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick to succeed CIA Director William Burns, who will resign ahead of the end of his 10-year term, edged closer to confirmation Wednesday.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Most Popular Most Popular Gov. Wes Moore pushing new vehicle fees, increases to reverse some transportation cuts Acting head of troubled Maryland psychiatric hospital resigns following facility evaluation Gov. Wes Moore is about to pitch tax cuts and increases for the first time.
    Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of resign
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  • Textor would choose to relinquish his position on the Palace board in the event that Sportsbank’s investment in Eagle is completed.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Angela later relinquished the creative director title.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of relinquish
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  • This decision not only undermines the reproductive rights of American women but also sets a perilous precedent for the court’s willingness to abdicate its own power.
    Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values.
    Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of abdicate
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  • In the case of lung cancer, which is predominantly driven by tobacco use, the shift in cancer incidence may be due to changes in peak tobacco use among women, who were more likely to start smoking later in life and were slower to quit, ACS chief scientific officer William Dahut said.
    Tina Reed, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The report also found that although cases of lung cancer declined overall from 2012 to 2021, the decrease was slower in women — most likely because women were slower to take up heavy smoking and slower to quit, said Dr. William Dahut, chief scientific officer for the American Cancer Society.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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