“The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month”
- Synonyms:
- quit, resign, step down
- Antonyms:
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take office
assume an office, duty, or title
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give up, renounce, resign, vacate
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
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retire
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
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top out
give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
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fall
lose office or power
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superannuate
retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity
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abdicate, renounce
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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bow out, withdraw
retire gracefully
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depart, leave, pull up stakes
remove oneself from an association with or participation in
