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stepping down   (TTS Sound)

The noun stepping down has 2 senses

• abdication, stepping down -- (a formal resignation and renunciation of powers)


• abdication, stepping down -- (the act of abdicating)

The verb step down has 2 senses

• leave office, quit, step down, resign -- (give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal")


• de-escalate, weaken, step down -- (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis")