4
retire(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
4
withdraw
3
resign(verb, drop, give, withdraw, leave)
2
abdicate(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
demit(verb, drop, leave, abandon, yield)
2
eject
2
leave(verb, drop, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
quit(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
relinquish(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
stand down(verb, expression, drop, withdraw, leave)
2
vacate(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
abandon(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, yield)
1
abrupt
1
alienate
1
bail out(verb, expression, drop, leave, abandon)
1
be pensioned
1
be superannuated
1
bow out(verb, expression, drop, withdraw, leave)
1
capitulate(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
cast off
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