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Verbs (7)

v. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

de-escalate, weaken, step down

v. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"

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Fuzzynyms (11)

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

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Antonyms (2)

take office

v. assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

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