STEPPED DOWN (FROM) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

stepped down (from)

verb

past tense of step down (from)

as in left

to give up (a job or office) with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board

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as in resigned

to give up (as a position of authority) formally even in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne

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Conflict began in the country in 2013 after mostly Muslim rebels seized power and forced then President François Bozizé to quit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Garcia quit her job as a pharmacy tech to help manage her son's behavior.

— Larry Seward, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of quit

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The first key finance leader to leave Johnson’s administration was Chasse Rehwinkel, who resigned as the city’s comptroller in December 2024 to become Devon Bank’s chief financial officer.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Koehler said he was resigned that the case would go to trial, until he was notified on Friday that prosecutors had moved to dismiss it.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of resigned

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Rangel, who relinquished his position as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee amid the inquiry, was eventually censured, the first time a congressman had been thusly reprimanded in public in almost three decades.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Nick Aldis relinquished his duties as SmackDown General Manager to challenge Gunther to a grudge match amid months of tension with Gunther that inevitably became physical.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquished

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Two of the most famous royal-commoner pairings came decades before the brothers, when King Edward abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson.

— Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
For a queen mother to privilege her daughter/queen’s wishes above those of the son/king who abdicated in the night?

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of abdicated

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