- abdication, stepping down - a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
--1 is a kind of resignation
- abdication, stepping down - the act of abdicating
--2 is a kind of resignation
- leave office, quit, step down, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
--1 is one way to leave, depart, pull up stakes
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- de-escalate, weaken, step down - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun step-down1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something