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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. give up or retire from a position;
- Example: "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"
- Example: "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
[syn: leave office, quit, step down, resign]

2. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of;
- Example: "de-escalate a crisis"
[syn: de-escalate, weaken, step down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

step down
    v 1: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the
         Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned
         over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit,
         step down, resign] [ant: take office]
    2: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-
       escalate a crisis" [syn: de-escalate, weaken, step
       down] [ant: escalate, intensify, step up]