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Verb
S:
(v)
leave office (leave_office%2:41:00::)
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quit (quit%2:41:00::)
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step down (step_down%2:41:00::)
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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"
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de-escalate (de-escalate%2:30:00::)
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weaken (weaken%2:30:03::)
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step down (step_down%2:30:04::)
(reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of)
"de-escalate a crisis"