stepping down

noun

Definition of stepping downnext
as in retirement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepping down
  1. retirement
  2. departure
  3. abdication
  4. resignation
  5. leave
  6. exit
Noun
  • The train cars that will be sent to Lima were built between 1985 and 1987 and served millions of riders in the Bay Area until their retirement.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Our floor-through apartment on Bond Street is my luckiest business decision and my only retirement fund.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of retirement
Noun
  • The departure follows months of disagreement over Super Micro Computer’s governance practices and board independence.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Ross’s decision to retire was well-documented but Klineman informed the AVP of her imminent departure from volleyball just five days ago.
    Aaron Heisen, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of departure
Noun
  • Prophecy so tightly adheres to Villeneuve’s vision that the series feels like an act of cowardice and abdication of creativity.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
  • America walks away Nobody knows how the major powers and their Machiavellian leaders will react to this abdication of American hegemony.
    Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of abdication
Noun
  • According to the most recent filings, RTW condemns Masimo’s allegations of a voting scheme as simply an effort to find cause for Kiani’s termination, which happened 29 days after his resignation, right before the end of his 30-day notice period.
    Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • While the House ethics report on Gaetz was at least temporarily blocked by his resignation from Congress shortly last week, a DOJ document obtained by The New York Times added fuel to the fire on Wednesday by revealing that Gaetz allegedly paid thousands of dollars to a number of women via Venmo.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of resignation
Noun
  • At just one or two centimeters across, each plant is the size of a fingernail and has leaves as small as gnats.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Tuck candy leaves into mounds in a star shape, layering leaves and piping additional frosting on backs of leaves as needed.
    Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of leave
Noun
  • On Elon Musk's X, more than 115,000 users deactivated their accounts, the largest-ever mass exit from the platform.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The recurring dispute over how well exit polling captures Latino voters — the groups and pollsters have raised it in previous elections — has ramifications for nonprofit groups that have focused on improving Latino voter turnout.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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