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S: (v) vacate (vacate%2:41:00::), resign (resign%2:41:00::), renounce (renounce%2:41:00::), give up (give_up%2:41:05::) (leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily) "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

S: (v) leave office (leave_office%2:41:00::), quit (quit%2:41:00::), step down (step_down%2:41:00::), resign (resign%2:41:05::) (give up or retire from a position) "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

S: (v) vacate (vacate%2:41:00::), resign (resign%2:41:00::), renounce (renounce%2:41:00::), give up (give_up%2:41:05::) (leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily) "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
S: (v) retire (retire%2:41:01::) (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position) "He retired at age 68"
S: (v) top out (top_out%2:41:00::) (give up one's career just as one becomes very successful) "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"
S: (v) fall (fall%2:41:00::) (lose office or power) "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

S: (v) vacate (vacate%2:38:00::), empty (empty%2:38:00::), abandon (abandon%2:38:00::) (leave behind empty; move out of) "You must vacate your office by tonight"

S: (v) revoke (revoke%2:32:00::), annul (annul%2:32:00::), lift (lift%2:32:00::), countermand (countermand%2:32:00::), reverse (reverse%2:32:00::), repeal (repeal%2:32:00::), overturn (overturn%2:32:00::), rescind (rescind%2:32:00::), vacate (vacate%2:32:00::) (cancel officially) "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"