noun
- A formal resignation and renunciation of powers.
- synonyms: abdication
- The act of abdicating.
- synonyms: abdication
verb
- 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, step down, resign
- Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.
- usage: "de-escalate a crisis"
- synonyms: de-escalate, weaken, step down
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