7
quit(verb, move, drop, go, position)
7
resign(verb, drop, go, give, separate)
5
de-escalate(verb, reduce, decrease, slow)
5
retire(verb, move, drop, go, separate)
4
abdicate(verb, drop, power, position, withdraw)
4
decrease(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish)
4
reduce(verb, cut, check, diminish, lower)
4
weaken(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
3
jeff(verb, diminish, abate, dent, deplete)
3
leave office
3
pare(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish)
2
abandon(verb, drop, position, withdraw, leave)
2
abridge(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
2
bow out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, withdraw)
2
cease work(verb, expression, drop, withdraw, leave)
2
curtail(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish)
2
cut(verb, check, reduce, diminish, lower)
2
cut back(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce)
2
cut down(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce)
2
deduct(reduce, lower, decrease, curtail, trim)
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