Search Result for "stepping down":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers;
[syn: abdication, stepping down]

2. the act of abdicating;
[syn: abdication, stepping down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stepping down
    n 1: a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn:
         abdication, stepping down]
    2: the act of abdicating [syn: abdication, stepping down]