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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
leave office
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]