step down from

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STEP DOWN

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>

Synonyms bag, chuck, leave, resign (from), retire (from), step aside (from), step down (from)

Related Words abandon, vacate; drop out (of), throw up

Near Antonyms hire (out or on)

Antonyms stay (at)

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>

Synonyms abnegate, cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step aside (from), step down (from), surrender

Related Words abjure, demit, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, waive; forsake, give up, hand over, yield; abandon, desert, quit, vacate

Near Antonyms appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, confiscate; seize, take over, usurp, wrest; defend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure

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