Synonyms for step down
step down

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1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downverb

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

   Synonyms:
   reducing, lessening, simplification, decrease, reduction, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminution

2. leave office, quit, step down, resignverb

   give up or retire from a position

   "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, submit, quit, foreswear, de-escalate, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, throw in, vacate, lay off, discontinue, drop out, take leave, renounce, weaken, give up, release, resign, cease, depart, relinquish, stop, reconcile, throw in the towel, free

3. de-escalate, weaken, step downverb

   reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

   "de-escalate a crisis"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, counteract, soften, resign, countermine, quit, leave office, de-escalate, dampen, break, sabotage, damp, weaken, undermine

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1. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere, i believe the best thing for Senator Franken to do is step down.

2. Zabihullah Mujahid:

   He has been appointed emir by the shura, so there is no way he will step down on demands of these people.

3. Yuichiro Tamaki:

   This isn't over just because Takeda decided to step down, in my impression, he seemed to be just a figurehead.

4. Malcolm Rifkind:

   None of the current controversy with which I am associated is relevant to my work as Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, however, I have today informed my colleagues that while I will remain a member of the Committee, I will step down from the Chairmanship.

5. Tom Graves:

   With the House planning to wrap up the People's business and the final report from the Modernization Committee set to be filed in the next few weeks, I intend to step down from Congress and begin the next chapter of life in October.