STEPPING DOWN (FROM) Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

stepping down (from)

verb

present participle of step down (from)

as in leaving

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 resigning

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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The message was about taking care of one another — a seed Dyer has worked hard to plant and grow since leaving his electrical engineering career more than a decade ago to become a Presbyterian minister.

— Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
There is also romanticism around the return of Sergio Canales to Racing, with the 35-year-old former Real Madrid and Real Betis playmaker coming back to his hometown club 16 years after first leaving for the Bernabeu.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaving

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Some children are quitting school and starting to work to help their families make ends meet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The bundle exists to make quitting feel like downgrading a lifestyle, which is a lesson learned from airlines and Amazon Prime, applied for the first time to a checking account.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of quitting

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America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Giudice survived prison, divorce and years of family warfare without relinquishing her place at the center of New Jersey.

— Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquishing

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This is what the impeachment process was designed for, to remove public officials abdicating their responsibilities.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
They’d be upset about Article One of the Constitution, the legislative branch abdicating its powers; that is, the people’s power to wage war and to levy tariffs.

— KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026

Definition of abdicating

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