step down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give up or retire from a position
The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
Types & categories
- pull up stakes hypernym
- resign hyponym
- retire hyponym
- top out hyponym
- fall hyponym
Related & opposite
- take office antonym
- resignation derivation
- resignation derivation
Sense 2 verb
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
de-escalate a crisis
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
Related & opposite
- intensify antonym
- reduction derivation
- de-escalation derivation
- weakener derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | take office |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | resignation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | resignation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pull up stakes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resign |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | top out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | intensify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | de-escalation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | weakener |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |