What is the meaning of step down?

Give up or retire from a position.
- usage: "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
- synonyms: leave office, quit, resign
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.
- usage: "de-escalate a crisis"
- synonyms: de-escalate, weaken

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APA	WordNet. (2010). step down. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/step_down/definitions/1330240
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